Fraser Riverkeeper » Watershed Facts http://www.fraserriverkeeper.ca Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:39:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Watershed Facts http://www.fraserriverkeeper.ca/2009/07/watershed-facts/ http://www.fraserriverkeeper.ca/2009/07/watershed-facts/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:29:00 +0000 admin http://fraserriverkeeper.ca/wp/wordpress/?p=134 Mining, manufacturing, logging, pulp and paper making, farming, and energy industries have lined the banks of the Fraser and have fed the region’s development. Consequent of this activity and loosely enforced environmental regulations, or inadequate statutes, the Fraser suffers from a wide range of pollutants, including heavy metals, excessive nutrients, bacteria, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and dioxins.

Continue reading Watershed Facts

]]> http://www.fraserriverkeeper.ca/2009/07/watershed-facts/feed/ 0