Tag: Tsawwassen

A group of Salish Sea Emerging Stewards stand in a circle on the edge of the Salish Sea.

Career

Job opportunity: TFN/Raincoast Stewardship Program Assistant

2021-05-132022-06-02

We are seeking an energetic, creative, and passionate candidate for the TFN/Raincoast Summer Student work program. The project this summer is to create and develop a new park space located on Tsawwassen First Nation lands, along with the delivery of a field-monitoring/stewardship program with assistance from Raincoast’s Education Coordinator.

Two hands of a white person holds up a plastic transparent rectangular box. An olive green juvenile salmon is seen inside it, in front of a blurred background of Fraser river estuary.

Salish Sea Emerging Stewards

Shifting learning online during the pandemic

2020-08-082020-08-15

Raincoast was one week away from setting sail aboard our floating classroom, Achiever, when the pandemic abruptly brought those trips to a halt.

Sandpiper, a brown medium sized bird with a long dark beak walks on sand with a thin reflecting sheet of blue water, its reflection visible.

Fraser River

Port of Vancouver proposed expansion threatens Fraser Estuary habitat

2020-06-012020-06-09

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.

Fraser River

Toward a vision for wild salmon in the Lower Fraser

2019-12-302019-12-31

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 …

Scientist wearing a red jacket stands with scientific equipment amidst green rushes beside the Fraser River with a sunny blue sky behind her.

Raincoast research

New published Raincoast Conservation study shows the importance of different habitats to preserve fish biodiversity in the Fraser River estuary

2019-08-302019-12-17

The Fraser River estuary supports a multitude of fish species, and is a crucial habitat for juvenile salmon from throughout the Fraser watershed. Currently however, more than 70% of the rearing habitat...

Fraser River

Success for field crew at Fraser Estuary

2017-04-212019-02-13

Yesterday's field crew had great success in the Fraser Estuary. We caught 901 juvenile salmon (Chinook and chum). We also collected thirty genetic samples from juvenile Chinook...

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