New Paper: Testing for Broad-Scale Relationships Between Salmon Trends & Freshwater Habitat Pressures
March 1, 2023
Habitat degradation is oft cited as one of the major threats to aquatic biodiversity but there are rarely opportunities to quantify this impact across multiple species at broad spatial scales. The Pacific Salmon Foundation has compiled a unique, province-wide dataset of freshwater habitat pressure indicators and salmon population data, visualized in the Pacific Salmon Explorer. Drawing on this resource, our team partnered with scientists at DFO to test the relationships between trends in spawner abundance for 3,689 salmon populations – including all five species of Pacific salmon - and ten habitat pressure indicators quantified for their spawning watersheds. ...
Read moreJob Posting – Analyst
January 11, 2023
Title: Analyst, Salmon Watersheds Program (SWP) Department: Salmon Watersheds Program Status and Funding: Full-time; Remote; Grant funded Start Date: March 1, 2023 (or sooner) ...
Read moreCentral Coast: Salmon in Crisis
October 13, 2022
The Salmon Watersheds Program’s work on the Central Coast of B.C. was featured in the latest issue of the Salmon Steward, the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s quarterly magazine. ...
Read moreDrought Effects: Warm, Dry Streams Impact Salmon Migrations
October 13, 2022
Katrina Connors, Director of the Salmon Watersheds Program, recently authored an article responding to the ongoing drought in B.C. and its impacts on salmon. The piece addresses how drought conditions are already impacting migrating salmon and how these conditions would affect juvenile salmon survival in the coming years if we continue to experience dryer conditions. Knowing that climate change is already negatively impacting salmon and their ecosystems, we need to develop responsive management systems and focus on habitat conservation and restoration to allow these resilient species to adapt. ...
Read moreUBC summer interns help assess marine climate change impacts
October 4, 2022
The Salmon Watersheds Program was fortunate to work with two interns from the University of British Columbia in the summer of 2022, funded through the UBC Sustainability Scholar Program and BRITE (Biodiversity Research: Integrative Training and Education) Internship Program. These graduate students helped move forward our efforts to develop marine and estuarine indicators that capture the impacts of climate change affecting salmon in those habitats. ...
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