Defending Southern Resident killer whales with this amazing team
What a privilege it's been successfully defending #SRKW with this amazing team from Ecojustice & Living Oceans. This photo is missing our science team leader, Dr. Paul Paquet.
Photo by Andy Wright.
Khutze Inlet grizzly bear, by Andrew S. Wright
"This photograph was taken in Khutze inlet on the central coast and in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest. The inlet is one of...
Riley Finn mapping for the Fraser Connectivity Project
Mapping marsh islands in the Fraser Estuary today for the Fraser Connectivity Project and marsh recession!
Juvenile chinook and a tug boat in August
Just a few hundred meters from where we captured Chinook (see second photo) a tug boat is raised after sinking in the Fraser with thousands of litres of fuel onboard, disaster nearly avoided! Also Juvenile Chinook salmon captured in the estuary this morning! This is the latest in the season that we have ever captured juvenile salmon in the estuary, could not be happier!
Fieldwork safari for the Fraser Connectivity Project
Went on a bit of a safari on our way home this afternoon!
Back at field work for the Fraser Connectivity Project
Just when I thought field work was over I find myself back out at Sturgeon Bank! Today @rileyfinnn and I are mapping marsh islands as part of long term monitoring investigating marsh recession as well as baseline data for monitoring any changes related to the Fraser Connectivity Project!
Smoky normal: climate change in BC
Hazy morning in the Fraser estuary after driving from the interior yesterday where it was really smoky everywhere, looks like this is the new normal for BC....
Last day of field season 2018!
Last day of the Fraser Connectivity Project field season for 2018 and I could not be happier to have captured both juvenile sockeye (left) and Chinook (right) at our last site in the middle arm just south of YVR! Thanks so much to all of our amazing volunteers and my fantastic team for an epic season!
August with the Fraser Connectivity Project
Can't believe it's already August, the Fraser Connectivity Project team is almost finished for the season but managed to catch this beautiful juvenile sockeye salmon this morning along with a few Chinook! Our day also included bringing some drone footage and checking out some potential jetty breach locations!!
Field work and a lonely juvenile coho
Starting our last week of field work for the Fraser Connectivity Project for this season with some beach seining and fyke netting in the blazing heat! Caught a lonely juvenile coho and a few Chinook this morning still using the estuary at the end of July as adult salmon begin to return!
Downloading water chemistry data today!
Today the Fraser Connectivity Project field work included downloading our water chemistry data! Thanks to this little data logger we have been able to record the salinity and temperature of the water in our project areas every five minutes since April!!
Fraser Connectivity Project in the heat
Today the Fraser Connectivity Project team is heading out in the heat conducting marsh vegetation surveys in our project and sampling areas! Thanks to Daniel Stewart and Ducks Unlimited-BC for training us last week, today we put our new skills to the test!
The Fraser Connectivity Project team enjoyed some cloudy weather for once today
The Fraser Connectivity Project team enjoyed some cloudy weather for once today while purse seining on the sandflats of the Fraser estuary. We don't catch a lot of fish in these areas compared to the eelgrass and marsh which provide much better habitat for juvenile salmon, but it is still an important part of our research! #sandflat #estuary #research @raincoastconservation #pseclab @tsawwassen_shuttles @mr.quayle @jackhall437 @selise10
Still Creek clean up going on today
Still Creek clean up going on today!!! Check us out at @still_creek_streamkeepers #Vancouver #stream #cleanup #salmon #stewardship @stillmoonarts
Learning more about the important role of salt marsh and eelgrass habitats…
bcHad a great time learning more about the important role of salt marsh and eelgrass habitats in carbon sequestration and sharing our research with a great bunch of learners today at the #cityofvancouver blue carbon forum! Thanks for the invite! @adanyluk @cityofvancouver #conservation @raincoastconservation #marsh #saltmarsh #eelgrass #salmon