Fraser Watershed Initiative

Working to heal and protect the Fraser Watershed.

[Fraser Watershed Initiative @FraserWatershed]

The @RivershedBC is looking for Watershed Champions!
Apply to the SLLP until April 30th.

[RivershedSocietyOfBC @RivershedBC]

Interested in becoming a Watershed Champion?
Then RSBC’s the Sustainable Living Leadership Program is for you!

https://t.co/H50CivR8pA

We are looking for Watershed Champions working to conserve, protect & restore the Fraser Watershed within this generation.
Deadline April 30th

[Raincoast Conservation Foundation @Raincoast]

Searching for the Lower Fraser’s lost streams #wildsalmon #habitat #restoration #FraserRiver https://t.co/Z8C0EiBOT5

[Watershed Watch Salmon Society @WatershedWatch_]

ACTION ALERT: The Emergency Program Act is being updated and public comments will be accepted until Jan 31, 2020. Use our easy letter-writing tool to ensure salmon and their habitats are protected in this important legislation. #wildsalmon #takeaction https://t.co/j6HXWWBHhd

[RivershedSocietyOfBC @RivershedBC]

"But our dance of denial goes on. We can’t even find the collective spine to raise the weir a few feet for the benefit of salmon and steelhead. Looking back on our systematic abuse and unbridled greed, I’m no longer sure we even deserve them."
https://t.co/3BKzRVZXP5

[Watershed Watch Salmon Society @WatershedWatch_]

Study finds that ingestion of microplastics negatively impacts growth of fish larvae in coastal waters. https://t.co/7dPWJWSyBW #plasticfree #oceans #trashtag #research

[RivershedSocietyOfBC @RivershedBC]

"Rusty abandoned ship in Fraser River near Surrey will be removed: DFO
Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan announced that an assessment of the MV Spudnik shows there’s an imminent risk of pollution, hull corrosion, sinking and fire"

https://t.co/85ienaIJJx

[PACIFIC SALMON FOUNDATION @PSF]

Big Bar, Big Emergency. Click the link below for Salmon Matter, Episode 2 where PSF VP for Salmon, Jason Hwang discusses this critical issue for Pacific salmon:
https://t.co/EObyesO03S

[Raincoast Conservation Foundation @Raincoast]

.@Raincoast Fraser Estuary Connectivity Project Phase II complete #salmon #Chinook #habitat #restoration #estuaries https://t.co/GKyxCLiggQ

[Dasiqox Nexwagwezʔan @Dasiqox_Nen]

Teẑtan Biny remains protected! 🎉 TML won't be able to appeal this summer's injunction, which means no drilling program until Tŝilhqot’in claims that the program infringes on their established rights are heard in court.

See @tsilhqotin's full post on FB: https://t.co/g8TXM5Q033

[WRI Restoration @restoreforward]

NEW: For African countries, restoring degraded land means climate action... and economic opportunity for millions of people! https://t.co/qabCtR39EW #AFR100

[RivershedSocietyOfBC @RivershedBC]

What do you think about this new tool from @DavidSuzukiFDN ? Do you need help having conversations about the climate?

[Pacificnorthwestkate🇨🇦 @pnwkate]

“Ring of bright water” - if you have five spare minutes please watch my full video on this #otter family filmed yesterday in #deltabc 😊🙏❤️✨

https://t.co/bLcj9IlPuM

#wildlife #nature #fraserriver #exploredelta #wildvancouver #natgeo #cangeo #canada #pnw

[RivershedSocietyOfBC @RivershedBC]

Email your MLA re: stop water bottling operations!

Our incredible partners successfully passed a resolution at the UBCM to stop issuing groundwater extraction licences to commercial water bottling operations.
The issue is in the hands of the province

https://t.co/y4pu6wsWTY

[WRI Restoration @restoreforward]

Farmers like Jacinto Farias da Cruz grow 80% of Brazil’s food. Helping them restore land to grow more sustainably is one way to boost farmer income while fighting climate change. #COP25 #Iniciativa20x20 #WorldSoilDay

https://t.co/ykWDt5PUuV @WRIBrasil @WRIFood @WRIClimate

[Jen Fischer @JenLFisch]

@GretaThunberg Please come visit us! Our Climate Club @ False Creek Elementary School in #Vancouver would be so THRILLED to meet & host you!

[WRI Restoration @restoreforward]

Healthy land helps improve the quality and quantity of water. It limits erosion and sediment flow into rivers, protecting biodiversity and lessening the burden on dams and reservoirs. #DayZeroWatch https://t.co/zX6dpYOBK6

[DFO Pacific @DFO_Pacific]

#BigBarLandslide Update: Here's a close-up of the magnitude of the landslide, the rapid waters and scale of the rock face. Crews are continuing to work on multiple methods to create a safe passage for the #salmon. https://t.co/zrxnFsNKmb

[Raincoast Conservation Foundation @Raincoast]

In search of the Lower Fraser’s lost streams -
Our latest blog from Raincoast research associate @rileyyfinn on a new approach to identifying lost streams in the Lower Fraser river and their potential for habitat restoration.
#conservation #science
https://t.co/502oPlRdqQ

[RivershedSocietyOfBC @RivershedBC]

"A major rock slide in British Columbia's Fraser River has prompted new restrictions to recreational and First Nations fishing of chinook salmon, as officials scramble to prevent long-term devastation of the population." https://t.co/nJ5STH80op #FraserRiver #Salmon #Rivershed

[Tŝilhqot'in National Government @tsilhqotin]

BREAKING: We submitted a request for investigation of #TasekoMines to the #UN #SpecialRapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples under #UNDRIP #bcpoli #fishlake #Tsilhqotin. Review the submission here: https://t.co/VFrPHvr2cU