The Fraser River estuary is a globally important zone of biodiversity with 17,000 hectares of rich wetlands used annually by 1.4 million migratory birds and 2 billion juvenile salmon.

In British Columbia, the Fraser River Estuary has already lost 85% of its flood plain habitat, and more than 100 species that live there are at risk of extinction. Now, they face another threat.

In 1993, “A Living Working River”, a management plan for the Fraser River estuary, was prepared by the Fraser River Estuary Management Program (FREMP).

Re: “You can’t ‘offset’ extinction of Fraser River Chinook salmon” : Each year, British Columbia’s Fraser River estuary supports several million migratory shorebirds as they make ...

The Fraser River estuary, near Vancouver on the mainland, supports more than 300 species of birds and 80 species of fish and shellfish for at least part of their life cycles.

The funds will directly support the Restore Fraser River Estuary Salmon Habitat (ReFRESH) project which will be delivered by partnering organizations Raincoast Conservation Foundation, ...

Past studies have found 102 Fraser River estuary species are at risk of extinction over the next 25 years, if a multi-government plan isn't put in place to save them Yuri Choufour ...

The Fraser River estuary provides critical habitat for endangered Southern Resident killer whales. Photo courtesy Thomas Cowan, Prince of Whales Whale Watching. Photo by See Notes / Direction / PNG ...

The Fraser River has more than over 50 unique and irreplaceable salmon populations, including Chinook runs that endangered Southern Resident killer whales rely upon.

A coalition of lower Fraser River communities has called on the federal government to help create a long-term dredging strategy for the river and its channels. According to the group, the benefits ...

Past studies have found 102 Fraser River estuary species are at risk of extinction over the next 25 years, if a multi-government plan isn't put in place to save them Yuri Choufour ...

Past studies have found 102 Fraser River estuary species are at risk of extinction over the next 25 years, if a multi-government plan isn't put in place to save them Yuri Choufour. Listen to this ...