21 Feb New Fisheries Act
By James Wilt • Tuesday, February 6, 2018 On Tuesday morning, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Dominic LeBlanc officially announced the introduction of a heavily amended Fisheries Act. Read the full article here. ...
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25 Jan CONNECTING COMMUNITY-BASED WATER MONITORING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP IN CANADA
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23 Jan Habitat 2.0: A new approach to Canada’s Fisheries Act
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans has been tasked with reviewing changes to the Fisheries Act as part of the Government of Canada’s broader efforts to restore lost protections and introduce modern safeguards to the legislation. FLOW partnered with West Coast...
23 Jan A Guidebook to the Alberta-North West Territories Mackenzie River Basin Bilateral Water Agreement
Transcending Boundaries: A Guidebook to the Alberta-Northwest Territories Mackenzie Basin River Bilateral Water Management Agreement provides a detailed examination of one of the most comprehensive and progressive transboundary water agreements in the world. Through the Bilateral Agreement between Alberta and the Northwest Territories, signed on March...
23 Jan FLOW: Forum for Leadership on Water 2017 Flow Monitor
FLOW MONITOR: Canadian Water Policy Watch Much has changed since FLOW's last edition – in particular, the election of a new federal government that has committed to a renewed, nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous governments, to review and modernize key environmental laws and policies, and to make...
22 Jan Field Guide to Noxious Weeds and Other Selected Invasive Plants
The Field Guide to Noxious Weeds and Other Selected Invasive Plants of British Columbia is in its 8th edition (2014), and provides descriptions and images for all weeds legislated under the BC Weed Control Act, both provincially and regionally. This popular booklet also provides identifying information for other...
18 Jan Collaborative Consent and British Columbia’s Water: Towards Watershed Co-Governance
Published On: September 21st, 2017 Author: Merrell-Ann Phare, Rosie Simms, Oliver M. Brandes, and Michael Miltenberger Released by the POLIS Water Sustainability Project and the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, Collaborative Consent and British Columbia’s Water: Towards Watershed Co-Governance lays out a viable model for achieving a critical shift towards more equitable...
17 Jan Duncan Dam Project Water Use Plan
The Duncan Dam (DDM) Water Use Planning (WUP) process attempted to address flow management issues related to local resources such as Lower Duncan River (LDR) Kokanee populations. Monitoring of the abundance of Kokanee spawning in this area was initiated by BC Hydro in 2008 as...
09 Jan The Royal BC Museum: The Kokanee Salmon Heritage Project
To better understand the Kokanee fishery check out the Kokanee Salmon Heritage Project for information on the Kokanee salmon life cycle and challenges. This project, supervised by local well-known marine biologist Dr. Peter Dill, was funded by the Royal BC Museum and Okanagan University College for inclusion in the RBCM’s Living...
08 Jan B.C. Television Series: Westland
In 1983, Mike Halleran began producing and hosting a television series entitled Westland which aired on the Knowledge Network from 1984 to 2007. Later taken over by his son Terry Halleran, the series explored a broad range of environmental issues associated with forestry practices, freshwater...