The Steveston Jetty is only one of the many structures dividing the Fraser estuary, altering the movement of salmon, freshwater, and fine sediments to Sturgeon and Roberts Banks.
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...
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has donated and shared our end of year fundraising drive. We are grateful to be surrounded by people, businesses and organizations that share our vision and are willing to invest in our initiatives. …
In November we finished the second phase of construction for our Fraser Estuary Connectivity Project. The aim of the project is to provide juvenile salmon...
Phase 2 breach construction at the Steveston jetty east breach wrapped up Friday and everything went great. We are conducting our construction in two phases...
Earlier this year we began the first phase of our five-year restoration project in the Fraser Estuary making breaches in the Steveston Jetty to allow young salmon access to Sturgeon Bank.
Since breaching the Jetty, we have been monitoring to …
We have completed (de)construction of three breaches of the Steveston Jetty. The Steveston Jetty is an 8 km long rock jetty which controls the position of the main arm of the Fraser River as it enters the estuary for the …
Within a month, juvenile salmon are already making their way through the breach Raincoast Conservation created in a jetty in the Fraser Estuary. A huge win for salmon who now have direct access to marshy habitats instead of being pushed straight out …
Within a month juvenile salmon - including Harrison Chinook - are already making their way over the breach we have created in the Steveston Jetty! This project will benefit all juvenile salmon...
SUCCESS! Today we tried sampling one of our jetty breaches for the first time and in 45 minutes caught dozens of juvenile Chinook and chum salmon moving through the breach and into the safety of the marsh instead of being …
Today we placed a grid of small pvc pipes in the area to monitor changes in the area where we expect channels to form on Sturgeon Bank following the construction of our Jetty breaches! Stay tuned….construction begins Monday!!!
We are excitedly moving towards construction of 3 breaches of the Steveston Jetty to restore natural outmigration pathways for juvenile salmon which provide access to critical brackish marsh habitats!!…
