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Warming winters are reshaping Canada’s snowpack Climate change is altering not only how much snow falls, but where snowpack persists and how long it lasts.

Warming winters are reshaping Canada’s snowpack

What are the risks to the NWT’s water quality? Alberta water quality standards have a direct effect on water in the NWT. How are those standards changing and what should the North expect? We looked into it.

Alberta water quality standards have a direct effect on water in the NWT. How are those standards changing and what should the North expect? We looked into it.

BC Halts Plans to Make Polluters Pay for Cleanup Costs | The Tyee The province billed its Public Interest Bonding Strategy as a key step to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. Now it’s on hold.

B.C. has halted work on a strategy aimed at ensuring taxpayers don’t bear the massive cleanup costs arising from abandoned industrial sites and disasters like the Mount Polley mine breach.

@zoeyunker.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli

FNLC Condemns Recreational Fishing Lobby’s Racist Campaign Against First Nations and their Fishing Rights Working towards the recognition, implementation and exercise of our inherent Indigenous Title, Rights and Treaty Rights

"The assertion that First Nations rights are taking away from the general public is a dangerous and false narrative that is fanning the flame of discrimination in BC and across Canada. We won’t stand for it and expect that the Crown will not stand for it either" GCSP www.ubcic.bc.ca/fnlc_condemn...

Protecting the environment is good for B.C.’s economy | The Narwhal Job creation, tax revenue, small business support: why don’t B.C. politicians value the economic benefits of environmental protection?

For example, the Great Bear Rainforest has generated $1.77 billion in economic activity for B.C. since its inception in 2008.

For every dollar of direct investment, the protected area has generated $5.61 in revenue in sectors like eco-tourism, fisheries and manufacturing.

First Nations in B.C. raise alarm over Chilcotin River landslide risk First Nations in B.C. say there are landslide risks along the same stretch of the Chilcotin River where a massive slide took place in 2024.

The Tsilhqot'in National Government issued a statement saying a geotechnical report commissioned by the province after that slide found an "imminent" risk of rockfall into the river.

👉Hiring: Bruce Postdoctoral Fellow in Canadian Water Politics and Policy
@researchtmu.bsky.social now accepting applications for the Geoffrey F. Bruce Postdoctoral Fellowship in Canadian Water Politics and Policy
👉 Learn more:
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Cover of Contaminants, Environment, and Society journal showing a wetland with trees and a blue sky. Announcement of submissions opening.

A home for contaminants research is here! Contaminants, Environment, and Society publishes insights that link science, community, and policy. Check out the scope and submit your research ▶️ https://ow.ly/czCj50Xuof8

#PollutionResearch #OpenForSubmissions #Microplastics

Projects Funded under the Fraser River FEI: www.canada.ca/en/canada-wa...

Now, onto all of the great applications that have come in under the call that closed a few hours ago!

Nice to have our Minister announce the results of a bunch of your work! Results of the early 2025 Call for Applications under the Fraser River Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative were announced earlier today. Thanks to all that were able to participate.

News Release: www.canada.ca/en/canada-wa...

PSF and the Province of B.C. are piloting a rapid drought assessment protocol with local stewards to help track and report on stream conditions in a unified way – and accelerate emergency interventions. Learn more: vist.ly/4h9b9

As the Arctic coastline erodes, a new report says Canada needs to do more to protect it By Tori Fitzpatrick  Three territories lack dedicated shoreline management plans, report says A recent report says Canada is not doing enough to protect its shorelines, and despite sharing a quickly e...

A recent report says Canada is not doing enough to protect its shorelines, and despite sharing a quickly eroding Arctic coastline, the three territories do not have dedicated shoreline management plans.
via @cbcnews
www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-a...

Manitoba plans new strategy in wildfire fight | The Narwhal After a devastating wildfire season, Manitoba is considering new tools to protect forests, communities — and industry profits

‘Nothing to harvest’: After unprecedented #wildfires, the #forestry #industry is forced to adapt: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-wil...

Co-authors include Dr Andrea Reid and Dr. Jordan Rosenfeld from @ubcoceans.bsky.social

We are honoured to have collaborated on this project with @raincoast.org for Environment Canada. Now is the time to implement these solutions to protect Canadian environments from microfibre pollution. Please help us put this on decision-makers' agendas by sharing the report. 🇨🇦

DataStream doesn't have a #Mars hub to share intergalactic data at present; however, plans to take in #groundwater data are underway!

Mapping Canada’s PFAS hotspots | CBC News Invisible, toxic and slow to break down — forever chemicals are contaminating our water and food. Here’s what we know about forever chemical hotspots in Canada.

New from me ➡️ Canadians could be living next to a site contaminated with toxic PFAS without knowing it. That's why we built this map. Find out if there's a PFAS hotspot near you. #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #DataJournalism #CBCNews newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...

Giving rivers room to move: how rethinking flood management can benefit people and nature Restraining rivers through stop banks and channels transfers and heightens flood risks downstream. Allowing them to roam free limits flooding and delivers other ecological benefits.

Giving #rivers room to move: how rethinking #flood management can benefit people and nature theconversation.com/giving-river...

B.C. copper mine expansion won’t get environmental assessment | The Narwhal Xatśūll First Nation asked B.C. to order an environmental assessment of the Gibraltar mine’s expansion plans. The provincial government declined

One of Canada's biggest copper mines plans to expand. B.C. says it won’t need an environmental assessment, even though Xatśūll First Nation asked for one. #bcpoli VIA @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social
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Join online via Zoom or in-person on March 25 from 4-7pm for this important panel discussion in light of 10 years since the #MountPolley mine disaster.

✍🏽 Register: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...

#ReformBCMining

Linking Fire, Food Webs, and Fish in Stream Ecosystems - Ecosystems As wildfire regimes shift, resource managers are concerned about potential threats to aquatic ecosystems and the species they support, especially fishes. However, predicting fish responses can be chal...

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Streamlining data for Pacific salmon conservation - Article - DataStreamStreamlining data for Pacific salmon conservation - Article - DataStream The more data that PSF can compile — with the help of DataStream — the more powerful the insights on keeping salmon populations thriving for generations to come.

Streamlining #data for #Pacific #salmon #conservation

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The Next Threat to L.A.? Rainfall That Could Cause Landslides While firefighters begin containing the Los Angeles wildfires, the land left behind is at a higher risk of floods and debris flows.

The Next Threat to L.A.? #Rainfall That Could Cause #Landslides ( #wildfire, #water)

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Canada’s water governance and management systems threaten the country’s water supply Canadians over-consume water at alarming rates with an antiquated water licensing system that promotes competition and misuse over sustainability.

#Canada ’s #water governance and management systems threaten the country’s water supply
theconversation.com/canadas-wate...

@geogunn.bsky.social, too!

What an achievement! A dream for any modern #water #data nerd!

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The BC River Forecast Centre has just posted their flood and drought outlook for the month. Oooph. It's dry out there.

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Hydro Power’s Conundrum: Rising Demand in a Drier Climate | The Tyee Central to low-carbon economic plans is an electricity source threatened by drought.

BC Hydro is far from perfect but a public utility that delivers hydropower is a key tool in the fight against the climate change --that its predictability is threatened by this crisis is a huge concern. #bcpoli

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