Dropping The New York Times for you
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- Published on Thursday, 08 April 2021 22:22
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Now, onwards to our reporting…
Tim Kulchyski remembers when you used to be able to pull a 90-pound chinook in the Koksilah River watershed. Nowadays, due in part to the effects of development and climate change, a 10 or 12 pound catch is considered a success.
But Kulchyski, a Cowichan Tribes fisheries biologist and resource consultant, sees hope for a turnaround in the eastern enclave of Vancouver Island — if people can join forces.
The Koksilah lies at the heart of the growing Cowichan Valley. And after decades of logging and development, just one per cent of the watershed remains intact. It’s not just the tree-cutting that’s having an impact: a booming agriculture industry along with a growing number of residents draw on the water from the rivers and aquifers — which are beginning to run dry.
Judith Lavoie captures the tension and hope in this feature in The Narwhal, which is accompanied by stunning photos from Taylor Roades. The piece takes us along the river to meet the biologists, kayakers, vintners and foresters who call the region home.
Take care and collaborate,
Arik Ligeti
Audience engagement editor
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. P.S. Speaking of collaboration, we recently told you that we were joining up with The Globe and Mail to share each other’s stories in our respective newsletters. Hockey Hall of Famer Scott Niedermayer, who lives in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley, was in the opinion pages of the paper this past week making the case for protecting the province’s last remaining old-growth. “If these forests are logged, they are gone forever,” he writes. Globe Climate, by the way, shouted out our coverage of the Line 5 pipeline — which also got podcast play on the Big Story! —and our deep dive on environmental racism in its latest edition. BECOME A NARWHAL
This week in The Narwhal
Proposed coal mine in Alberta Rockies faces growing calls for federal review
By Sharon J. RileyThe Tent Mountain project, currently pegged for provincial review, narrowly skirts the production threshold that would automatically trigger a more-stringent federal process. Read more.
Yukon election 2021: where the Yukon Party, NDP and Liberals stand on climate and energy issues
By Lori Fox
Environment and energy issues can loom large in the North, which is natural resource rich and feeling the impacts of the climate emergency more acutely than the rest of the globe. With a territorial election race under way, here’s where the three major parties stand on climate, land use planning and clean energy. Read more.
How the Tahltan and a B.C. mining company collaborated to protect Mount Edziza from development
By Matt SimmonsIn a rare arrangement, Indigenous, provincial and federal governments have come together with environmental organizations to buy out mineral tenures and create a brand new 3,500-hectare conservancy. Read more.
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