Despite the challenges of COVID-19, our research and restoration efforts in the Fraser River Estuary continued through 2020. Now in year five, this work is helping us understand how the estuary supports millions of juvenile salmon in its different habitats …
In 2014, Raincoast initiated its work in the Lower Fraser River. From primary research and physical habitat restoration to engagement with communities, environmental reviews, and policy change, the scope of our work stretches from the beginning of the river’s gravel …
Despite the challenges of COVID-19, our research and restoration efforts in the Fraser River Estuary continued through 2020.
Now in year five, this work is helping us understand how the estuary supports millions of juvenile salmon in its different habitats …
In March of 2020, a federal review panel concluded that the Terminal 2 shipping expansion project would have significant adverse and cumulative effects to populations of Fraser Chinook. This is due to the proposal’s footprint in the Fraser Estuary and …
Raincoast wants to stop Terminal 2 and protect migratory birds. The Port of Vancouver’s proposed Terminal 2 expansion would double the size of its shipping terminal. If approved, this project would permanently alter the flow of water across intertidal habitat …
Research published today in Conservation Science and Practice indicates that 102 species at risk of extinction in the Fraser River estuary can be saved with an investment of $381 million over 25 years, or $15 million a year. This cost …
Port Metro Vancouver’s proposed Terminal 2 expansion project, is putting hundreds of thousands of birds at risk.
The Port’s Terminal 2 expansion would double the size of its shipping terminal in the Fraser River Estuary. If approved, this project would …
2020 has seen record low returns of sockeye to the Fraser River.
To help address this critical conservation issues the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Conservations Decisions Lab at the University of BC and West Coast Env. Law, …
It’s International Bird Week and we are celebrating all the hundreds of thousands of birds that the Fraser Estuary hosts each year.
During spring migration, the Fraser estuary hosts nearly all the world’s population of Western Sandpipers. Year round, it …
This is a crucial time for wild salmon that depend on the Fraser River. Following years of decline in the number of Chinook and sockeye salmon returning to the Fraser, the last two years have seen the lowest on record, …
Just as we were getting excited about starting our field season to monitor the effectiveness of Raincoast’s Fraser Estuary Connectivity Project, conditions with the pandemic began to get serious and we realized our plans had to change.
We are right …
We are currently working to protect the Fraser estuary from further habitat loss and disturbance from the proposed Terminal 2 expansion.
Last week the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson sent a letter to the Port of Vancouver’s …
In the Fraser River estuary Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RBT2) has been proposed for construction.
RBT2 would have significant negative affects including:
The addition of 468 to 520 container ship transits each year through the transboundary waters of the Salish …
The Narwhal released an article this week entitled ‘Four reasons 2020 is set to see the lowest Fraser River sockeye salmon return on record’ written by Stephanie Wood.
Returns of adult sockeye averaged 9.6 million between 1980 and 2014, ranging …
Despite having already lost almost 80% of its naturally functioning habitat, the estuary is relied on by millions of birds.
During spring and fall migration, the estuary hosts nearly all the world’s population of Western Sandpipers. Year round, it is …
Stó:lō, Dakelh, Lhtakoh, ?Elhdaqox. A river of such length has an equally long history. Long before the river’s current namesake explorer, Simon Fraser, ever arrived, Indigenous communities were shaped and were shaped by the river, of various names, and its …
British Columbia’s Fraser Estuary is currently at risk from industrialization.
The proposed Terminal 2 expansion will further destroy and degrade wildlife habitat in the Fraser River Estuary, an area that is home to more than 100 species of wildlife at-risk …
The Port of Vancouver is proposing to double the size of the terminal at Deltaport, in Tsawwassen, putting further stress on the Fraser Estuary which has already lost over 80% of its natural habitat.
The Fraser Estuary, just 30 minutes …
We are working to protect the Fraser Estuary from the Terminal 2 Expansion.
The Port of Vancouver is proposing to almost double the size of their existing terminal, Deltaport Terminal, in the Fraser Estuary.
As a nursery and feeding ground, …
After three years researching how juvenile salmon use the Fraser estuary, we began physical habitat restoration to improve their access into habitats that support them.
The Steveston Jetty is only one of the many structures dividing the Fraser estuary, altering …
Our new report Toward a Vision for Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser River sets bold recommendations to address the loss of salmon habitat that has been identified as a key factor in the crisis many recognize for Fraser River …
The Port of Vancouver is proposing to expand the existing terminal at Deltaport doubling its capacity to offload containers through the creation of a 108-hectare berth in the heart of the Fraser River estuary at Roberts Bank.
If completed the …
In March of 2019, we began phase one of an ambitious habitat restoration project in the Fraser River Estuary. ⠀
We created three 50m breaches in the Steveston Jetty to allow juvenile salmon access to marshy habitat. ⠀
To sample …
In parallel to our research and habitat restoration efforts, we have been working with our project partners to articulate a vision for wild salmon in the Lower Fraser River. Our new report identifies the ongoing erosion of salmon habitat caused …