The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 From Delta to Hope, 85% of B.C.’s lower Fraser salmon habitat no longer accessible to declining fish populations https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-habitat-loss-lower-fraser/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 20:01:51 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=33007 Using field manuals from 170 years ago, scientists have identified the monumental impact human development has had on B.C.’s struggling Fraser salmon — and what can be done to reverse it Brishti Basu News freshwater salmon wildife Photo: Alex Harris / Raincoast Conservation Foundation B.C. failing to meet international targets for protecting biodiversity, critical habitat: report https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-biodiversity-targets-ecojustice-report/ Thu, 20 May 2021 22:59:34 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=28995 A decade after Aichi biodiversity targets were set by Canada and other nations, a new report looks at how B.C. measures up, finding the province has failed to protect nature in the midst of a growing global ecological crisis Sarah Cox News B.C. species at risk wildife Photo: David Moskowitz ‘They never said a word’: DFO told B.C. salmon farmers, but not First Nations, about mouth rot infestation https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-farms-mouth-rot-infestation-dfo/ Fri, 14 May 2021 01:20:34 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=28674 Documents released under access to information legislation show federal scientists raised the alarm about a bacteria that causes potentially deadly lesions in Atlantic salmon, saying migrating Fraser River salmon were at risk Sarah Cox News B.C. salmon salmon farming wildife Photo: Kathleen Frisch et al. / PLOS ONE Images of an Atlantic salmon smolt infected with a bacteria found at B.C. salmon farms. Backcountry rodeo: scientists and Indigenous guardians net caribou from the sky https://thenarwhal.ca/backcountry-rodeo-scientists-and-indigenous-guardians-net-caribou-from-the-sky/ Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:00:40 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=26512 In the rugged mountains of Tahltan territory in northwest B.C., the rough-and-tumble work of caribou collaring shows how Indigenous and colonial governments can work together in collaborative ways Malcolm Johnson On the ground Photo Essay caribou Indigenous Tahltan First Nation wildife B.C. stalling on new rules for selenium pollution from coal mines, environmental groups say https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-stalling-rules-selenium-pollution-coal-mines/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 19:56:32 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=22753 The province, along with U.S. counterparts, agreed to bring in new standards by 2020 but has yet to release details even as a proposed Teck Resources mine is considered Ainslie Cruickshank News coal Elk Valley mining Selenium Teck Resources wildife B.C. Elk Valley Selenium Teck Coal Mines Fisheries society director resigns after allegations of abuse from observers of B.C. trawl industry https://thenarwhal.ca/fisheries-society-director-resigns-allegations-abuse-observers-b-c-trawl-industry/ Wed, 27 May 2020 15:26:24 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=19108 Kelly Andersen’s resignation from the Canadian Groundfish Research and Conservation Society follows an investigation by The Narwhal documenting threats and harassment faced by observers while gathering data out at sea Jimmy Thomson News fisheries Oceans water wildife Fisheries Observers Harassment Abuse The Narwhal