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Watershed Watch Salmon Society

• In defence of wild salmon May 15, 2024
  Your Content Goes Here Your Content Goes Here By: Wayne Halabourda Your Content Goes Here Your Content Goes Here Your Content Goes Here I’ve known Craig Orr, co-founder of Watershed Watch Salmon Society, for close to 40 years. We were first introduced by a
  Dene Moore
• Factory salmon farms ramp up lobbying of federal Fisheries officials May 15, 2024
  We decided to check out rumours that Ottawa is being inundated with salmon farming lobbyists. Sure enough, it appears salmon farm industry lobbying skyrocketed in 2022. That’s the year that Phase 1 of the government’s consultations on transitioning salmon farms from B.C. was in full swing, following the prime minister’s 2019 promise to transition
  Stan Proboszcz
• Watershed Watch: 25 years of standing strong for wild salmon conservation May 2, 2024
  Craig Orr, Watershed Watch's Founder and Former Executive Director reflects on the 25th anniversary of Watershed Watch Salmon Society
  Dene Moore
• Watershed Watch 50/50: You could net up to $10,000! April 19, 2024
  We’re celebrating 25 years of Watershed Watch Salmon Society with our first-ever 50-50 raffle. Get your tickets to help us defend wild salmon and you could win!
  Meghan Rooney
• Salmon die-off mystery solved, now we wait for 6PPD action April 17, 2024
  The car tire chemical 6PPD is deadly to salmon when it runs off into urban streams. Watershed Watch has asked the Canadian government to review its use.
  Dene Moore
• Honouring the life of John Allen Fraser, wild salmon conservationist April 11, 2024
  John Allen Fraser, passed on April 6, 2024, at the age of 92. John was a tireless advocate for environmental conservation and for the protection of wild salmon.
  Stan Proboszcz
• Join our webinar on Alaskan interceptions of B.C. salmon April 9, 2024
  Watershed Watch and SkeenaWild invite you to join our webinar on our recent analysis of Alaskan interception of B.C. salmon and steelhead on May 3, 2024.
  Meghan Rooney
• A good buy or greenwashing? Seafood eco-label misleading April 3, 2024
  The UK-based Marine Stewardship Council will recertify the Alaska salmon fishery as sustainable in May, despite its devastating bycatch of B.C. wild salmon.
  David Mills
• B.C. Flood Strategy – A good plan on paper March 26, 2024
  B.C.'s new Flood Strategy includes many things Watershed Watch has been advocating for, including incorporating nature-based flood defenses — what's missing is the funding to make it a reality.
  Lina Azeez
• World Water Day March 20, 2024
  On March 22 the planet celebrates World Water Day, a time to reflect on the importance of fresh water in all aspects of life and advocate for its sustainable management.
  Meghan Rooney