Provincial funding supports two Abbotsford-area conservation projects

Nature stewards and fish habitat survey among 60 projects funded across B.C.

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Two conservation projects in the Abbotsford area have received provincial funding, including for a fish habitat survey through the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance.

Urban Salmon Documentary: a film by photographer Fernando Lessa.

If you haven't watched previous films by photographer Fernando Lessa, now is the time. Watch this short documentary about the return of wild salmon to urban Vancouver waterways.

For more information on this film or other films by North Vancouver Photographer Fernando Lessa, check out his Youtube Channel: Fernando Lessa

2021 Winter Challenge

LFFA Co-Chair, Delegate and Staff join in on the 2021 Winter Challenge

Left-Right: Brenda Morgan; Delegate, Matsqui First Nation, Rosalie Hope, LFFA Program Manager, Vanessa Serroul; LFFA Program Assistant, Sally Hope; LFFA Co-Chair, Shxw'ow'hamel First Nation.

Challenged by LFFA Executive Director Murray Ned; the call was answered by Four brave Women from the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance who ventured out to Harrison Lake on Friday to partake in the 2021 Winter Challenge.

LFFA's Co-Chair Sally Hope, Delegate Brenda Morgan and Staff; Rosalie Hope and Vanessa Serroul jumped into the lake after inviting others through media to do the same.

Check out the LFFA Facebook Page here:

Big Bar Landslide Bulletin - January 25, 2021

Big Bar landslide response

January 25, 2021

The Big Bar landslide, located on a remote section of the Fraser River, 64 kilometres north of Lillooet, British Columbia, created a barrier to the vital seasonal northward Fraser salmon migration. In partnership with First Nations and the Province of BC, we are working towards restoring sustainable fish passage for future salmon returns...

Watersheds 2020 Forum – some lessons from the Lower Fraser River

The Lower Fraser river as seen from the air with city in the background.

Since 2017, Raincoast has been collaborating with the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance (LFFA), West Coast Environmental Law (WCEL) and the Martin Conservation Decisions Lab at the University of British Columbia (UBC) to address the systemic failure of governments and agencies to protect salmon habitat or incorporate Indigenous knowledge in their management of the Lower Fraser River and estuary.