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A pale brown barn owl wings spread wide in flight low above the ground, wheat coloured grass stalks waving below.

Heart of the Fraser River estuary threatened

Fraser River / By Raincoast team / 2020-07-17 2020-07-28

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 …

Under green water, three or four Chinook salmon swim together

Report just released: Toward a Vision for Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser River

Raincoast research / By Raincoast team / 2020-03-04 2020-03-22

Swimming toward a vision for salmon in the lower Fraser River – today we released our Toward a Vision for Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser report.

Cover art for the report with report title Towards a Vision for salmon habitat in the Lower Fraser River in text under a circle in shades of blue with a smaller circle containing a salmon and the larger ring of the outer concentric circle containing buildings and ecosystem aspects — Art by Carrielynn Victor.

From community input and our findings, we recommend the …

Juvenile salmon measuring ;ess than 5 centimetres shown displayed inside a plastic glass box with a ruler in the bottom. Box and fish are being held by two hands visible in the picture, with a blurred background of grass, and blue sky beside water

Port of Vancouver expansion set to destroy estuary habitat

Fraser River / By Raincoast team / 2020-02-26 2020-03-22

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 …