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70 years after the flood: The devastation of the Nechako Reservoir
Meet the First Nation working hard to turn the tides on a tragic history. Part one of a series.
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Tribal hatcheries and the road to restoration
In the US Pacific Northwest, tribal hatcheries uphold Indigenous communities’ treaty rights to salmon, while buying time to rehabilitate lost habitat.
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How Indigenous guardians are reinforcing sovereignty and science
From catching poachers to documenting species to saving lives, guardians all along the B.C. coast are bringing back traditional practices of territorial safeguarding — and filling major knowledge and conservation gaps while they’re at it.
Coastal GasLink faces more water pollution concerns
Regulators identified sediment-control issues and a diesel fuel leak last month along the pipeline route near Kitimat.
85% of lower Fraser salmon habitat not accessible to fish: study
Using field manuals from 170 years ago, scientists have identified the monumental impact human development has had on B.C.'s struggling Fraser salmon — and what can be done to reverse it.
A rare salmon type is in the crosshairs of Alaska’s proposed Pebble Mine
The Koktuli River watershed, potential home of the future open-pit mine, is also home to a distinctive river-type sockeye.
thefern.org
As COVID-19 rises, Alaskans crowd rivers to stock up on wild salmon
This year, for many Alaskans, catching a lot of fish has taken on new urgency because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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