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Watershed Watch Salmon Society

• Reverse cuts to wild salmon monitoring programs, says alliance in open letter to fisheries minister December 6, 2025
  Essential salmon monitoring across B.C. is at risk as federal budget cuts deepen. Twenty-six organizations, coordinated in part by Watershed Watch, are urging the Minister to restore and protect these vital programs.
  Aaron Hill
• Freshwater Shouldn’t Be a Casualty of B.C.’s Development Boom December 6, 2025
  Industrial development in B.C. is accelerating while industrial water rates have remained unchanged for over a decade. Industry still pays as little as $2.25 for a million litres of freshwater. Modernizing these rates and reinvesting in our watersheds is one of the fastest, most practical steps the province can take to defend wild salmon and […]
  Meghan Rooney
• 2025 South Coast Fall Salmon Recap December 4, 2025
  Read Greg Taylor's latest salmon recap, covering 2025 coastwide salmon harvests by area, sector and gear type and the economic value of the respective harvests, and a reflection on the value we place on discarded salmon.
  Greg Taylor
• Why Are B.C. Salmon Farms Hiding Their Lice Numbers? December 4, 2025
  B.C. salmon farms are pulling back lice reporting, raising risks for wild salmon and reducing public transparency.
  Stan Proboszcz
• Five Reasons to Support Watershed Watch This Giving Tuesday December 2, 2025
  Your Giving Tuesday gift helps defend B.C.’s wild salmon this Giving Tuesday. Support advocacy, restoration, and habitat protection with a donation to Watershed Watch Salmon Society.
  Karlis Hawkins
• Are Interior Fraser Steelhead on the edge of oblivion? November 27, 2025
  Thompson and Chilcotin steelhead are nearing extinction. A devastating collapse driven by mismanagement and inaction from B.C. and Canada.
  Aaron Hill
• Five Lowlights of the 2025 Federal Budget November 11, 2025
  Budget 2025 claims it will “Build Canada Strong,” but instead weakens the protections that keep our rivers, watersheds, and wild salmon healthy. From deep cuts to DFO and the quiet end of major salmon programs to stalled freshwater investments, here are the five lowlights that put Canada’s natural wealth at risk.
  Watershed Watch Staff
• Take part in Salmon Spawn Watch 2025! October 30, 2025
  Witness the incredible salmon migration! Join #SalmonSpawnWatch Oct 31–Nov 28 2025 and share your sightings for a chance to win Watershed Watch prizes.
  Watershed Watch Staff
• Do We Need Another Billion-Dollar Flood Before B.C. Acts? October 30, 2025
  Four years after B.C.’s billion-dollar flood, the province’s Flood Strategy still sits unfunded—leaving people, farms, and wild salmon exposed.
  Lina Azeez
• Congratulations to Our 2025 Wild Salmon Run 50/50 Winner! October 25, 2025
  Congratulations to Sonia Marino of Vancouver, who is the lucky winner of our 2025 Wild Salmon Run 50/50 raffle! Sonia won a grand total of $5,660.
  Watershed Watch Staff