by Steve Corscadden | Oct 20, 2020 | Conservation
Many of our members may not know very much About the Nature trust of B.C. The Nature Trust of British Columbia took on the daunting task of protecting the natural riches of the province by building a treasury of wild natural areas to conserve iconic and important...
by Steve Corscadden | Mar 5, 2019 | Conservation
On February 16, with major funding from the Pacific Salmon Foundation, 21 scientists from five Pacific Rim countries embarked on an expedition to the Gulf of Alaska to study the ‘secret lives of salmon’ on the high seas. They are testing the prevailing...
by Steve Corscadden | Feb 19, 2019 | Conservation
On February 5, the DFO released a letter designed to “communicate the Department’s approach for developing fisheries management actions to address conservation concerns for Fraser River Chinook in 2019.” The 17-page document identifies “conservation concerns” and is...
by Steve Corscadden | Jun 28, 2018 | Conservation
On June 26 2018 the Marmot Recovery Foundation released the first 3 marmots of the season. Born in captivity at the Calgary Zoo, this the first time these marmots have experienced the wild, and the speed with which they made that transition was impressive. Within...
by Steve Corscadden | Jun 16, 2018 | Conservation
With pressures mounting on wild salmon stocks, the British Columbia government is bringing together experts from around the province to develop a strategy for restoring and sustaining B.C.’s salmon populations, announced Premier John Horgan. The Wild Salmon Advisory...
by Steve Corscadden | Jan 18, 2018 | Conservation
The overall prevalence of the winter tick (Dermacentor albipictus) within moose (Alces alces) populations can vary among years (Addison et al. 2016, Samuel 2004), mostly dependent on spring snow levels, air temperatures, early autumn snowfall events, and moose...
