Riley Finn

Riley is currently working with Raincoast to support the development of a Vision for salmon in the Lower Fraser. He has spent much of his time with Raincoast speaking with local stewardship organizations around the lower mainland about how they work to protect and restore salmon habitat. Along with this he has been collating data sets that are relevant for education and informing management around salmon in the Lower Fraser area and putting them into an online mapping atlas for public use.

The sun beams through from behind a row of tall, thin, leafy trees to reflect on a still body of water.

In search of the Lower Fraser’s lost streams

Fraser River / By Riley Finn / 2019-07-23 2020-01-21

I became interested in quantifying the lost streams in the Lower Fraser in my pursuit to understand what fraction of the historical salmon habitat of the area remains accessible today.
By combining an estimate for the locations and extents of

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This is an image of a marshy stretch of sand with tall green grass sprouting through on the left. It is a grey, cloudy day and footprints in the sand go off into the distance.

Mapping for the Fraser Connectivity Project

Fraser River / By Riley Finn / 2018-08-23 2020-01-21

Mapping marsh islands in the Fraser Estuary today for the Fraser Connectivity Project and marsh recession.…