Just in time for Valentines, Fraser Riverkeeper presents Wild Salmon Recipes; also, more news on the Cohen Commission and Kristi Miller’s findings, FRK’s participation in oral statements regarding the Northern Gateway, Riverwatchers, and more!
Holiday Newsletter 2011 – Issue 16
Best holiday wishes to all of our donors, supporters, and friends. In this issue we summarize how you’ve helped us accomplish some amazing feats this past year, including youth education, river cleanups, and continuing to ensure our water in BC is swimmable, fishable, and drinkable.
Cohen Commission re-opens due to ISA discovery, more on our Riverwatcher program, and how you can help Ottawa Riverkeeper win Big Wild Bucks.
Our September issue covers a very busy month, in which we had four great events celebrating salmon and BC River’s Day. Also, October 6 is the deadline for signing up to make an oral statement to the joint review panel coming to Vancouver next year to assess what people here have to say about the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines. Finally, there is more news on our Riverwatcher program, which is growing and had its first meeting in late September.
In our July issue we give you a glimpse of Larry McMillan, our first official Lead Riverwatcher. We hope to build our Riverwatcher network all along the Fraser and are committed to working with you to help clean up your area of the river. There’s also some exciting events coming up in September!
June means the beginning of summer, and we are promoting our new, free Swim Guide smartphone app. To help launch this great guide that shows the best places to swim in BC, we follow Bill Wittur, who is swimming the entire length of Okanagan Lake! We also share a fantastic journey with you that began with world-famous artist Daniel Dancer and ended at West Hastings Elementary School and involved 700 students, teachers, and volunteers forming a huge alevin that makes sense when seen from the sky!
Our 2011 spring issue of Turning of the Tide discusses our Riverwatcher program and our upcoming Earth Day Pegleg Bar Cleanup in Chilliwack. We’ve also have a new Executive Director, Karen Wristen, while Lauren Brown Hornor readies for the birth of her second child and moves to the board of directors. Fraser Riverkeeper celebrates spring, new staff, and our volunteers in this issue. We also have some fantastic new partnerships with Teva and Keith’s Alexander.
The fall issue of Turning of the Tide features an invitation to join the Paddle for Wild Salmon; information on the great summer for salmon, while the Cohen Commission moves forward; Canadian Organic Aquaculture Standard opposition; our launch of a new Riverwatcher program; Stand Up for Pacific Salmon (SUPS) gaining momentum, our Pollution Hotline expanding; news of recent events, including the TD Great Canadian Shoreline cleanup, our All at Once: Jack Johnson tour, and FRK’s presence and success at this year’s Mission Film Festival Opening; and also more news on our partnership with Janet Helm.
June has been a busy month at Fraser Riverkeeper. We’ve been to Mexico and back, and out on the water here in Vancouver. June news: Jack Johnson raffle and October concert, Gulf Waterkeeper news in our “Waterkeepers around the World” feature, more on our Stand Up for Pacific Salmon (SUPS) campaign, Waterkeeper Alliance conference in Mexico, comments on the proposed Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations, and this year’s MEC Paddlefest.
We’ve had a lot going on this month, and this newsletter covers it all! Read about our submission to CEC charging Canada with failure to enforce its environmental laws, how to help with the BP oil disaster, our comments on the Canadian Water Quality Regulations, our new Stand Up for Pacific Salmon (SUPS) campaign, Lauren Hornor’s appearance on NPR to discuss SUPS, the continuation of Alexandra Morton’s Get Out Migration and FRK joining her on Mother’s Day Weekend in Victoria, Canadian Waterkeeper’s submission of Bill C-9 comments, a write-up on our successful Earth Day Pegleg Bar cleanup, and a call-out for authors to join our new Reading Series.
In this issue: Earth Day celebration and 3rd Annual Pegleg Bar Cleanup in Chilliwack, Alexandra Morton’s Get Out Migration, the Fraser River’s ran on this year’s BC’s Endangered Rivers List, a write-up of our Reading Series launch on World Water Day, and a new URL for our new interactive map!
In this issue: World Water Day Reading Series launch at H2O Plus, Wild Salmon Circle Rallies at Olympic Games, Cohen Commission judicial inquiry and FRK’s participation, New IM Rivers Map project and Swim, Drink, Fish Guide, Pollution Hotline poster, and a special by Michael Chapman, “In Loving Memory of Jimmy Christoff.
In this issue: False Creek’s chemical contamination near Olympic Village, Board President Mark Mattson carrying Olympic torch, Rally during games to save wild salmon, and Fraser Riverkeeper’s new programs — expanded Pollution Hotline and IM Rivers project.
In this issue: Fraser Riverkeeper will be a participant in the judicial inquiry into missing summer wild salmon stock, and will provide evidence of municipal sewage in the river among salmon migration routes. Also are articles on False Creek Harbour Association, CTC-Germany initiative “Kanadaria”, H2O Plus, and recent events.
In this issue: Fraser Riverkeeper acquires a new boat, reports on the second annual Pegleg Bar cleanup and successful booth at the Vancouver Sun Sustainability Expo, discusses the Fraser River making the endangered rivers list, looks at OAG’s spring audit on fish, and much more.
In this issue: Fraser Riverkeeper comments on Metro Vancouver’s plans to continue to discharge sewage to local waters, concerns over gravel removal projects on the Fraser River and the very successful Fraser River clean-up at Peg Leg Bar.
In this issue: Fraser Riverkeeper Launches in BC!, Winning Back Canadian Waters, FR Helps Prosecute US Energy Company for Fisheries Act Violations.
