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How is everything going for you? I am on week two of working from home and pretty much locked down. It has been, well, let's call it cozy.
My sister works in health care, and she told me how much all out health care workers are loving the 7 pm serenades. Have you heard about this? Every day at 7 pm, people are coming out on their balconies and porches with instruments and pots and pans and clamouring with gratitude for the health care workers on the front lines of this crisis. Check it out!
I just love this show of community support and solidarity. All over the province people are taking actions, large and small, to support their neighbours and strengthen their communities. Do you have any stories about ways you or your neighbours are supporting each other? Please share them. I can use all the good news I can get. anna@watershedwatch.ca
Sending my sincere gratitude to all the health care workers and others working in essential services in our communities.
Keep well, stay home if you can, and get in touch if you want to chat or share a story.
As flights and field seasons are canceled, some scientists see building capacity at the local level as an opportunity to keep vital work alive — and possibly reshape the way remote research is done.
If you look at a forest top from above or below, you might see a pattern of nicely spaced pathways twisting between the trees. This phenomenon is known as “crown shyness.”
Effective midnight Wednesday, Parks Canada is temporarily suspending all motor vehicle access by visitors at all national parks, historic sites, and marine conservation areas.
Over the past 15 years, the practice of acoustic telemetry has changed from small-scale use for basic science research to large-scale use by professional agency scientists to guide management decisions. On the order of 20,000 fish have been released since the technology first became available.
The government allowed salmon fishing in Alaska at rates its own reports said will push endangered Southern Resident killer whales closer to extinction, environmental groups claim in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
As the arguments go on over open-pen salmon farms — and especially over the wisdom of adding more of them — here’s a signal from the wider world we ought to note: these floating farms have worn out their welcome.
Sharon Fortney is the curator of Indigenous collections and engagement at the Museum of Vancouver. Scott Neigh interviews her about the complicated colonial history of museums and about the Acts of Resistance exhibit.
Forest Service fisheries scientist Russ Thurow warned Salmon River Electric Cooperative board members last month the cooperative’s mascot is in serious jeopardy, in part because of dams that provide electricity.
A log is slowly lowered into Abernathy Creek west of Longview, Wash. March 18 for a salmon habitat restoration project sponsored by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe.
In non-COVID-19, related news, we bring you a feature about John Giuliani, a professional fishing guide who helps people cast lines from around the globe.
The Idaho Fish and Game recently finalized two land deals in the Clearwater Region, preserving access to a stretch of river frontage that is a popular destination for salmon and steelhead anglers, and adding additional access to the Craig Mountain Wildlife Management Area.
On Friday March 20, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission approved spring Chinook fishing on the Clearwater, Snake, Salmon and Little Salmon rivers to start April 25, and run until closed by the Fish and Game director.
Summer streamflow in industrial tree plantations harvested on 40- to 50-year rotations was 50% lower than in century-old forests, data from the long-term Alsea Watershed Study in the Oregon Coast Range showed.
Undercurrent is an investigative podcast by the award-winning journalists at The Narwhal. In Season 1: Bear 148, host Molly Segal investigates the life and death of a beloved grizzly bear in Alberta’s Bow Valley.
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