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T-shirts, Anian hats, and stickers featuring designs by artist Emma Polard are now available at Robinson's Outdoor Store.
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Don’t overlook the plastic footprint of fireworks
Letter to the Editor
go.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Roberts Bank Terminal 2 is on the federal government's list of potential fast-track projects. But the expansion could impact the Fraser estuary ecosystem and the wildlife that depends on it — including the western sandpiper. New from @sevawood.bsky.social 🪶 thenarwhal.ca/roberts-bank...
Port of Vancouver expansion threatens superfood ecosystem | The Narwhal
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 could lead to ‘irreversible’ change in the Fraser estuary, a critical feeding ground for western sandpiper flocks
thenarwhal.ca
November 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 is on the federal government's list of potential fast-track projects. But the expansion could impact the Fraser estuary ecosystem and the wildlife that depends on it — including the western sandpiper. New from @sevawood.bsky.social 🪶 thenarwhal.ca/roberts-bank...
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The District of Saanich says it’s moving forward with a new concept plan for Panama Flats with an eye towards conserving the area's natural space.
Saanich moves forward with ‘renewed vision’ for Panama Flats
The District of Saanich says it’s moving forward with a new concept plan for Panama Flats with an eye towards conserving the area's natural space.
cheknews.ca
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The District of Saanich says it’s moving forward with a new concept plan for Panama Flats with an eye towards conserving the area's natural space.
Wonderful opportunity!
- 4-day work week
- Work from anywhere in BC or join us in Vancouver
- Start in January 2026
- Work from anywhere in BC or join us in Vancouver
- Start in January 2026
Career Opportunities | CPAWS-BC
cpawsbc.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Wonderful opportunity!
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A new estimate of number of birds killed by cats in Canada was just published: https://ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/art12/
Congratulations and thank you to all authors including ECCC authors, Elizabeth Gow (co-supervisor of PhD student, Jonathan Chu), Julie Bourque and Christian Roy for this work.
Congratulations and thank you to all authors including ECCC authors, Elizabeth Gow (co-supervisor of PhD student, Jonathan Chu), Julie Bourque and Christian Roy for this work.
October 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A new estimate of number of birds killed by cats in Canada was just published: https://ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/art12/
Congratulations and thank you to all authors including ECCC authors, Elizabeth Gow (co-supervisor of PhD student, Jonathan Chu), Julie Bourque and Christian Roy for this work.
Congratulations and thank you to all authors including ECCC authors, Elizabeth Gow (co-supervisor of PhD student, Jonathan Chu), Julie Bourque and Christian Roy for this work.
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Honored to have made it into this always fantastic anthology as a "Notable" for my piece in Hakai Magazine (one of the last features the magazine published) about cold-water coral research in Chile. @pulitzercenter.org @biographic.bsky.social
Wrote a bit about this year's edition of The Best American Science and Nature Writing - and posted the Notables jaimealyse.beehiiv.com/p/basnw25
October 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Honored to have made it into this always fantastic anthology as a "Notable" for my piece in Hakai Magazine (one of the last features the magazine published) about cold-water coral research in Chile. @pulitzercenter.org @biographic.bsky.social
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Hydrology Paper of the Day @lireactivewater.bsky.social on deep learning to model and infill river water temperature data to provide a better understanding of heat waves in rivers: riverine heat waves last longer than air heat waves, and showing linkages with climate change in the Anthropocene
Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people
River heat waves are rising faster than the pace of air heat waves. That’s a problem for fish, drinking water quality, and food and energy production.
doi.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Hydrology Paper of the Day @lireactivewater.bsky.social on deep learning to model and infill river water temperature data to provide a better understanding of heat waves in rivers: riverine heat waves last longer than air heat waves, and showing linkages with climate change in the Anthropocene
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>250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River today, marking the first open-river swim in that urban waterway in nearly a century! The city approved the event—organized by A Long Swim, a local nonprofit—earlier this summer. We can restore our urban rivers!
insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...
‘A Really Monumental Day’ for Chicago River: Clean Enough for Hundreds to Swim In - Inside Climate News
More than 250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning, marking the first open-river swim in the once-polluted urban waterway in nearly a century. After a false start last year, the ci...
insideclimatenews.org
September 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
>250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River today, marking the first open-river swim in that urban waterway in nearly a century! The city approved the event—organized by A Long Swim, a local nonprofit—earlier this summer. We can restore our urban rivers!
insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...
Check out our work here with @saanichbc.bsky.social! Thanks @psfca.bsky.social for the steadfast support! We couldn’t do it without you!
Salmon have made their return to a creek in Saanich just one year after a restoration project was completed.
Salmon return to Saanich creek after major restoration project
Salmon have made their return to a creek in Saanich just one year after a restoration project was completed.
cheknews.ca
September 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Check out our work here with @saanichbc.bsky.social! Thanks @psfca.bsky.social for the steadfast support! We couldn’t do it without you!
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Unspeakably sad. WE ARE Nature. We are animals. We are an intrinsic part of the family of life.
🌳 Losing touch with nature
A new study finds people’s connection to nature has fallen 60% since 1800, risking an 'extinction of experience' without radical change.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#SciComm 🧪 #Nature
A new study finds people’s connection to nature has fallen 60% since 1800, risking an 'extinction of experience' without radical change.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#SciComm 🧪 #Nature
Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds
Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Unspeakably sad. WE ARE Nature. We are animals. We are an intrinsic part of the family of life.
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In a new study, ecologist Jia Hao Tow and his colleagues critically examine how some species end up with international CITES protection, how and why others fall through the cracks, and what we can do to potentially mend those fissures.
www.biographic.com/triaging-the...
www.biographic.com/triaging-the...
Triaging the Global Wildlife Trade - bioGraphic
Can we take a more systematic approach to protecting endangered species from international trade?
www.biographic.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In a new study, ecologist Jia Hao Tow and his colleagues critically examine how some species end up with international CITES protection, how and why others fall through the cracks, and what we can do to potentially mend those fissures.
www.biographic.com/triaging-the...
www.biographic.com/triaging-the...
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I recently had the honor of collaborating with my colleagues in the UVic Community Mapping Collaboratory to create an Arcgis StoryMap about the ongoing restoration of the Colquitz River in Saanich, BC, Canada. Here's the link:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e884...
Full blog post in the comments !
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e884...
Full blog post in the comments !
Eastridge Colquitz Mainstream Restoration Project
UVIC Community Mapping & Peninsula Streams Society - StoryMap by Olivia Gatrell, Langley Chan, Nabila Kazmi, Zacc Lavigne & Katrina Adams
storymaps.arcgis.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I recently had the honor of collaborating with my colleagues in the UVic Community Mapping Collaboratory to create an Arcgis StoryMap about the ongoing restoration of the Colquitz River in Saanich, BC, Canada. Here's the link:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e884...
Full blog post in the comments !
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e884...
Full blog post in the comments !
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Hydrology Paper of the Day @laenavarro.bsky.social on how oral histories, logbooks from the fur trade and whaling, maps, archives and artwork provide insights and challenges for characterizing environmental processes over time: fire regimes, coral reef and wetland changes in a global context.
Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
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September 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Hydrology Paper of the Day @laenavarro.bsky.social on how oral histories, logbooks from the fur trade and whaling, maps, archives and artwork provide insights and challenges for characterizing environmental processes over time: fire regimes, coral reef and wetland changes in a global context.
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Big news for salmon stewards in BC! 🎉
PSF just announced a record $1.8 million to 119 grassroots salmon projects across the province. See what salmon projects are happening near you: psf.ca/news-media/1...
PSF just announced a record $1.8 million to 119 grassroots salmon projects across the province. See what salmon projects are happening near you: psf.ca/news-media/1...
$1.8 million to ramp up salmon stewardship efforts | Pacific Salmon Foundation
The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) has awarded an unprecedented $1.8 million to 119 community-led salmon stewardship projects across British Columbia. This funding will yield an estimated $15 million...
psf.ca
June 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Big news for salmon stewards in BC! 🎉
PSF just announced a record $1.8 million to 119 grassroots salmon projects across the province. See what salmon projects are happening near you: psf.ca/news-media/1...
PSF just announced a record $1.8 million to 119 grassroots salmon projects across the province. See what salmon projects are happening near you: psf.ca/news-media/1...
Getting your roofs cleaned? Check out these best practices to make sure you don’t harm ecosystems downstream! peninsulastreams.ca/moss-control... @saanichbc.bsky.social @districtofoakbay.bsky.social @esquimaltbc.bsky.social
Moss Control & Water Protection: Best Practices for Roofs near Watercourses - Peninsula Streams Society
Moss Control & Water Protection: Best Practices for Roofs Near Watercourses Protect our creeks, ponds, and shorelines by choosing watercourse‑safe ways to control moss on your roof. Many moss control ...
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July 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Getting your roofs cleaned? Check out these best practices to make sure you don’t harm ecosystems downstream! peninsulastreams.ca/moss-control... @saanichbc.bsky.social @districtofoakbay.bsky.social @esquimaltbc.bsky.social
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“Under colonization, the total mass of pink salmon and chum salmon dropped by 40 percent. Forage fish — such as herring, eulachon, surf smelt, and anchovy — declined by 99 percent, and sturgeon were nearly wiped out.”
e360.yale.edu/digest/pacif...
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Research Details Devastating Toll of Colonization on Pacific Northwest Wildlife
e360.yale.edu
July 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“Under colonization, the total mass of pink salmon and chum salmon dropped by 40 percent. Forage fish — such as herring, eulachon, surf smelt, and anchovy — declined by 99 percent, and sturgeon were nearly wiped out.”
e360.yale.edu/digest/pacif...
e360.yale.edu/digest/pacif...
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Last week I wrote about yet another of the disastrous outcomes of privatisation. If there's one thing almost everyone in England wants, it's renationalisation of water. But no, we can't have nice things. Just more shit. Literally in this case.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot
In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Last week I wrote about yet another of the disastrous outcomes of privatisation. If there's one thing almost everyone in England wants, it's renationalisation of water. But no, we can't have nice things. Just more shit. Literally in this case.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Our coastal ecosystems are disappearing and our response is hindered. Thank you to WCEL for creating this case study to help inform a future #bccoastalmarinestrategy that protects our shorelines!
@seachangemarine.bsky.social @wwfcanada.org @cpawsbc.bsky.social
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Coastal habitats and salt marshes like Mermaid Creek in Sidney, BC are disappearing fast. Our case study reveals how current provincial coastal management is failing our ecosystems. We then suggest solutions that the Province can carry out under the BC #CoastalMarineStrategy. #bcpoli
July 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Our coastal ecosystems are disappearing and our response is hindered. Thank you to WCEL for creating this case study to help inform a future #bccoastalmarinestrategy that protects our shorelines!
@seachangemarine.bsky.social @wwfcanada.org @cpawsbc.bsky.social
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@seachangemarine.bsky.social's eelgrass expert Sarah Cook, who is working to restore these vital habitats, shares why eelgrass is so important for marine life, coastal protection, and carbon storage.
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Eelgrass meadows: the coastal lifeline at risk | Planting Curiosity
Join Rachael Tancock as she dives beneath the waves to explore the hidden world of eelgrass, an underwater flowering plant that forms lush meadows along the B.C. coast. In this episode, Rachael meets ...
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July 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@seachangemarine.bsky.social's eelgrass expert Sarah Cook, who is working to restore these vital habitats, shares why eelgrass is so important for marine life, coastal protection, and carbon storage.
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Ecojustice covers a lot of bases here. Including
.... “On top of the compressed process set out in Bill C-5, it also gives the Governor in Council the ability to fully exempt a national interest project from the application of any federal law."
.... “On top of the compressed process set out in Bill C-5, it also gives the Governor in Council the ability to fully exempt a national interest project from the application of any federal law."
Bill C-5 is part of a disturbing trend that weakens #democracy and sidelines Parliament. Rushing big projects without following key environmental laws puts nature, wildlife, and communities at serious risk.
Read our reaction and analysis on Bill C-5: ecojustice.ca/news/ecojust...
Read our reaction and analysis on Bill C-5: ecojustice.ca/news/ecojust...
Ecojustice slams Bill C-5 as a threat to democracy
By fast-tracking “national interest” projects, the government risks silencing communities, sidelining science, and undermining the law.
ecojustice.ca
June 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Ecojustice covers a lot of bases here. Including
.... “On top of the compressed process set out in Bill C-5, it also gives the Governor in Council the ability to fully exempt a national interest project from the application of any federal law."
.... “On top of the compressed process set out in Bill C-5, it also gives the Governor in Council the ability to fully exempt a national interest project from the application of any federal law."
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There are many sources of chemical pollution in our rivers, but tertiary treatment for sewage could clean up the meds that pass straight through us & down the loo, household cleaning products, chemicals from skin care, hair care, washing clothes & food. 1/
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
May 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
There are many sources of chemical pollution in our rivers, but tertiary treatment for sewage could clean up the meds that pass straight through us & down the loo, household cleaning products, chemicals from skin care, hair care, washing clothes & food. 1/
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
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As the country with the longest coastline in the world, defending our values, identity and economy requires safeguarding the ocean. Our new blog outlines our priority marine law and policy goals for the next four years like #HighSeasTreaty #MarineProtectedAreas + more. Check it out! #cdnpoli
What does Canada need to do to protect the ocean in the next four years?
As the country with the longest coastline in the world, defending our values, identity and economy requires safeguarding the ocean. We must ensure that the federal government meets its commitments to ...
www.wcel.org
June 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
As the country with the longest coastline in the world, defending our values, identity and economy requires safeguarding the ocean. Our new blog outlines our priority marine law and policy goals for the next four years like #HighSeasTreaty #MarineProtectedAreas + more. Check it out! #cdnpoli
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