At 12 PM, community leaders will present on the awesome work being done to take care of salmon.

Thank you to our sponsors: The Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program, MetroVancouver Regional Parks Foundation, Coquitlam Foundation &the BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund.

Salmon Forest, Pacific Streamkeepers Federation, The Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program, Watershed Watch Salmon Society, & UBC's Pacific Salmon Ecology & Conservation Laboratory.

How to get there:
We will be hosting this event next to the Community Gardens at ƛ̓éxətəm Regional Park in Coquitlam.

Take part in some hands-on salmon fun: a fish ID table, salmon detector station, exhibitor booths, & more.

Exhibitors include Kwikwetlem First Nation, Coquitlam River Watershed Society, Rivershed Society of BC, Lower Coquitlam River Nation Association, Vancouver Avian Research Centre...

The credibility of DFO science—and the future of wild salmon—are on the line. The groups continue to wait for details from the federal government on how it will fulfill its promise to remove all remaining marine salmon farms from B.C. waters.

Read the letter: watershedwatch.ca/resource/ret...

especially as climate extremes like the 2021 atmospheric river & floods become more frequent.

When he’s not solving big water problems, you’ll find Suman walking Vancouver’s forests, hanging out by the beach, or playing cricket with friends.☀️

We’re thrilled to have Suman on our team this summer!

2. And if it’s not the only tool for flood management in glaciated river basins, what alternative strategies exist?

Now, he's using hydrological models to simulate flood scenarios & explore nature-based solutions to protect communities & rivers...

The Chilliwack/Vedder River is a salmon-bearing, glacier-fed system heavily managed for flood control. His project asks some big questions:

1. What are the ecological consequences of gravel extraction in salmon-bearing watersheds?