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Celebrating Sockeye Salmon
This fall the Canadian Wildlife Federation was invited to witness the return of about a million Sockeye Salmon to their spawning grounds on the beautiful Horsefly River in B.C. Located…
Flooded with Hope for Salmon
The devastating floods in British Columbia have shattered roads, homes, businesses and communities. But they have also raised hopes that together we can build back better, prioritizing not just how…
Helping Yukon River Salmon Make It Home
This article was extracted from Say Magazine, Issue 110, with permission. A four-year collaborative project led by the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) has explored what is happening to salmon migrating…
More Pacific Salmon and Trout Can Now Go Home
Broad Scale Efforts Underway to Restore Fish Passage Across B.C. An elevated stream culvert may mean nothing more than simple road maintenance to us. But to a Pacific salmon desperately…
Five Fun Facts About Pacific Salmon
Pacific salmon are some of the most iconic fish species in Canada. Every year, adult pacific salmon make remarkable migrations from the ocean. They swim up coastal rivers to their…
CWF has arrived at the Salute to the Sockeye Salmon Festival and so have the sockeye!
[Wade Luzny, CWF’s CEO/Executive Vice-President taking a moment to check out this spectacular event] [Sockeye in the Adams River] Although the salmon were a bit late they have now arrived.…
Restoring Canada’s Ancient Aquatic Migration Routes
Many of Canada’s lakes, streams and rivers are part of ancient migratory routes that have been travelled by aquatic species for thousands of years. At various stages of life, salmon,…
Is Freshwater Fish Safe to Eat Anymore?
Recent research published in the journal Environmental Research has revealed alarming findings. “Consuming just one freshwater fish from a U.S. lake or river is equivalent to drinking chemically contaminated water…
Life After Death
Pacific Salmon are a keystone animal. What exactly is a keystone species? A keystone species holds an ecosystem together. They are the glue that holds the health, function, and survival…
Happy Canadian Rivers Day!
Today is Canadian Rivers Day, a day celebrated every year on the second Sunday in June. It’s a day to remember the importance of conserving the heritage and health of…
