Posted in Watershed Watch Activities
Tagged Annual Report, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Trish Hall on May 31, 2011
Watershed Watch’s 2010 Annual Report is now online and provides an overview of our 2010 activities watching out for BC’s wild salmon, providing science support for the Kwikwetlem First Nation, focusing on sustainable energy, protecting wild salmon from aquaculture impacts …
Posted in Conservation News, Take Action Filed In: Salmon Habitat |
Tagged Dogwood, no tankers, oil, Rethink |
Posted by Trish Hall on May 30, 2011
There are thousands of posters in downtown Vancouver, but a new batch created by Rethink Communications are really making a statement for Dogwood Initiative’s No Tankers campaign as a special environmentally friendly black ink simulates an oil spill and runs …
Posted in Policy and Management, Watershed Watch Activities, Watershed Watch in the Media Filed In: Salmon Farming |
Tagged aquaculture, CAAR, media, organic, salmon farming, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Trish Hall on May 27, 2011
Over 50 organizations, businesses and fishermen from across Canada and the U.S. today submitted a joint letter to the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) opposing proposed draft Organic Standards for Finfish Aquaculture. The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR), together …
Posted in Conservation News, Policy and Management, Watershed Watch in the Media Filed In: Salmon Farming |
Tagged CAAR, Clayoquot Sound, Mainstream, moratorium, salmon farming |
Posted by Trish Hall on May 20, 2011
CAAR Media Release: New salmon farm proposed in Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve, CAAR calls for moratorium on net-cage tenures, May 18, 2011 Media: Tyee article: New fish farm proposal spawns call for moratorium, May 19, 2011 Courier-Islander article: Proposed new …
Posted in Policy and Management, Take Action Filed In: Water |
Tagged drinking water, management, Metro Vancouver, water |
Posted by Trish Hall on May 16, 2011
Metro Vancouver is hosting the following events to allow people to comment on their Draft Drinking Water Management Plan. Follow the link for access to the draft plan, background information and ways that you can provide comments and input.