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The Narwhal: Hunters join forces with conservationists to call on B.C. to protect fish and wildlife habitat (see Fish, Wildlife, and Habitat Coalition)

Trail Times: Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program launches Year-2 (see Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program)

E-Know: Year 2 of KLAIP now underway (see Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program)

Creston Valley Advance: BC’s Family Fishing Weekend returns June 18 to 20 (BCWF’s & Freshwater Society of BC’s Virtual Family Fishing Webinar mentioned)

Agassiz-Harrison Observer: BC’s Family Fishing Weekend returns June 18 to 20 (BCWF’s & Freshwater Society of BC’s Virtual Family Fishing Webinar mentioned)

Alaska Highway News: New educational wetland planned for Mackenzie school (see Media Release)

The Prince George Citizen: B.C. Wildlife Federation to build wetland at Mackenzie Secondary School (see Media Release)

T imes Colonist: Trevor Hancock: B.C. is now a biodiversity-loss hotspot (BCWF mentioned)

Pique News Magazine: Internal documents reveal DFO suppressed, downplayed threats to this B.C. endangered species (see Media Release)

Revelstoke Mountaineer: New B.C. coalition calls for improvements in species and habitat management (Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Coalition mentioned)

Trail Times: Incentive program rewards Kootenay angler with $1,000 prize (see Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program)

Prince George Citizen: Internal documents reveal DFO suppressed, downplayed threats to this B.C. endangered species (see Media Release)

Global News TV: DFO accused of risking B.C. steelhead extinction (Interview with Jesse Zeman, BCWF Director of Fish and Wildlife Restoration, see Media Release)

The Globe and Mail: How Ottawa thwarted efforts to help an endangered species (see Media Release)

The Narwhal: DFO ignored pleas from scientists, altered report to downplay risks to imperilled steelhead: docs (see Media Release)

E-Know: Kootenay Lake Angler program ends May 31 (Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program mentioned)

E-Know: Dire situation leads to new coalition calling for change (Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Coalition mentioned)

Grand Forks Gazette: Wildsight joins coalition calling on government to prioritize wildlife and habitat protection (Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Coalition mentioned)

The Aldergrove Star: Coalition calls on B.C. to invest in wildlife stewardship and habitat protection (Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Coalition mentioned)

The Prince-George Citizen: New coalition eyes endangered species law for B.C. (Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Coalition mentioned)

Fraser Valley News Network: New Coalition Calls on Government to Re-Establish B.C. as a World Leader in Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Management (Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Coalition mentioned)

Agassiz-Harrison Observer: Coalition calls on B.C to invest in wildlife stewardship and habitat protection (Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Coalition mentioned)

Coast Reporter: New coalition eyes endangered species law for B.C. (Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Coalition mentioned)

Aldergrove Star: Green Beat: ‘If you built it, they will come’ (BCWF Conservation Award winner, Larri Woodrow mentioned)

Alaska Highway News: New wildlife coalition calls for change (with quotes by Jesse Zeman, BCWF director of fish and wildlife restoration)

E-Know: KLAIP continues to help kokanee salmon

Fraser Valley News Network: BC Wildlife Federation Recognizes Two Lifetime B.C. Conservationists (BCWF Conservation Awards Program)

Aldergrove Star: Langley’s Larri Woodrow named conservationist of the year (BCWF Conservation Awards Program)

Langley Advance Times: Langley’s Larri Woodrow named conservationist of the year (BCWF Conservation Awards Program)

CBC: New research shows continued habitat loss will drive caribou to extinction in B.C. (with quotes by Jesse Zeman, BCWF Director of Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program)

The Narwhal: Kitimat Rod and Gun Club calls on local government to protect environment amid industrial boom (with quotes by BCWF Director Mark Langegger)

The Columbia Valley Pioneer: Columbia Lake Provincial Park illegal tree harvesting (BCWF mentioned)

Kelowna Capital News: Nesting bald eagles harassed by youth-piloted drone in Kelowna (BCWF mentioned)

Infotel: Keep your drones away from wildlife, Okanagan Conservation Officers warn (BCWF mentioned)

Infotel: Wolves, habitat changes decimating Interior B.C. moose populations (BCWF Conservation Webinar Series, “Factors Affecting Moose Populations in Interior B.C.”, mentioned)

The Prince George Citizen: Gun law a ‘mishmash’ (Letter to the editor written by Gary Mauser, BCWF Firearms Committee Chair)

The Thyee: Heart of the Fraser Should Be Named ‘Ecologically Significant’ (BCWF mentioned)

Read the letter that the BCWF, the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC and the Watershed Watch Salmon Society sent to the minister of fisheries, Bernadette Jordan, asking that Fisheries and Oceans Canada formally list the Heart of the Fraser as an Ecologically Significant Area under the Fisheries Act.

Energetic City: North Peace Rod and Gun Club president calls Bill 4 ‘unnecessary’ (BCWF mentioned)

Vernon Morning Star: Vehicles trashed on Westside amid annual cleanup (BCWF Conservation App mentioned)

Keremeos Review: Saving Ginty’s pond (Alyssa Purse, BCWF Wetlands Program Coordinator mentioned)

The Trail Champions: Get a Trout with the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program

The Nelson Daily: Get a Trout with the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program

BC Local News: Kootenay fisherman hooks into angler incentive prize

The Province: Opinion: B.C. takes a bold, positive step with watersheds initiative (Opinion piece by Aaron Sumexheltza, Former Chief of the Lower Nicola Indian Band, Neil Fletcher, BCWF Director of Conservation Stewardship & Coree Tull, Co-Director of Canadian Freshwater Alliance)

Fraser Valley News Network: BC’s Wetlands To Receive $5M Funding Boost (with quotes by Neil Fletcher, BCWF Director of Conservation Stewardship)

Fraser Valley News Network: OPINION – Watershed Watch and Chilliwack Citizens for Change On Recent ATV Activity on Gill Bar and Other Areas (BCWF mentioned)

Prince George Matters: Endako River west of Prince George to benefit from B.C.’ $27M watershed stimulus grant (with quotes by Neil Fletcher, BCWF Director of Conservation Stewardship)

Maple Ridge News: Maple Ridge Park receives makeover

Eat Wild Podcast: EatWild 47 – Are we losing our social licence to hunt? (with Jesse Zeman, Director of the Fish & Wildlife Restoration Program at the BCWF)

Vancouver Sun: Douglas Todd: Pressure on B.C. government to fix trespassing laws that favour U.S. billionaire and other landowners (BCWF mentioned)

Focus on Victoria: How do you feel about the indiscriminate killing of wolves? (with quotes by Jesse Zeman, Director of the Fish & Wildlife Restoration Program at the BCWF)

Vancouver Sun: Fraser fish finders: Chilliwack school kids join in sturgeon data-collection effort (with quotes by Jesse Zeman, Director of Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program at BCWF)

E-Know: Good things come to those who bait

The Nelson Daily: Kootenay Lake – Good Things Come to Those Who Bait

The Squamish Chief: Checking in with new fisheries critic Jordan Sturdy (with quote from BCWF letter)

The Globe and Mail: B.C. to tighten rules for trapping wolves (with quotes by Jesse Zeman, Director of Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program at BCWF)

Times Colonist and Victoria Times Colonist (print): Hunter’s social media posts prompt outrage, calls for more protection for wolves (with quotes by Jesse Zeman, Director of Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program at BCWF)

Hakai Magazine: Trophy Hunters Could Threaten the Social Acceptability of Hunting (with quotes by Jesse Zeman, Director of Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program at BCWF)

Trail Times: City of Trail applies for grant to decommission dams (BCWF Wetlands Project mentioned)

Alaska Highway News: Evan Saugstad: Wildlife management in B.C. – who cares? (BCWF Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Coalition mentioned)

Clearwater Times: 10 YEARS AGO: Twenty-seven brave souls take the plunge (BCWF mentioned)

Castanet: Dumped vehicles – Unclear guidelines on abandoned vehicles move RDOS to clarify policy for residents (BCWF Conservation App mentioned)

Friends of Kootenay Lake Podcast Series: Wetland Conservation & Restoration: A Glimpse at the State of Wetlands in BC (Interview with Neil Fletcher, Manager of Conservation Stewardship at BCWF)

Castlegar News: Kootenay Lake local wins $1,000 in gift certificates

E-Know: Kootenay Lake local November KLAIP winner

The Nelson Daily: Kootenay Lake fisherman Rick Taylor November winner in KLAIP

The Castlegar Source: Kootenay Lake fisherman Rick Taylor November winner in KLAIP

Vancouver Sun: Destroyed grizzly was not a candidate for relocation (BCWF mentioned)
See requested FOI – Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Natural Resources

Steelhead Voices: Pinnipeds – Models and Realities (BCWF mentioned)

Infotel Multimedia: Harbour seals prime suspect in decline of steelhead populations in Thompson watershed (BCWF mentioned)

E-Know: BCWF pushes ongoing awareness of CWD

Castlegar Source: Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program October winner announced

Northern Sentinel: In Our Valley (article about Mike Langegger, BCWF Director)

Nelson Star: BC conservation coalition demands changes for wildlife

Trail Times: Northern pikeminnow, a growing concern on Kootenay Lake

Vancouver Sun: B.C. Election: Wilderness groups sound alarm as caribou, steelhead and salmon hit new lows

The Osprey: Hear No Evil – Canada’s Broken Department of Fisheries and Oceans (by Jesse Zeman, BCWF Director of Wildlife and Fish Restoration Program & Harvey Andrusak, BCWF Past President)

The Province: COVID-19: B.C.’s economic restart plan includes $27M for watershed protection

The Prince George Citizen: Bears and wolves to be hunted by Tahltan in B.C.’s northwest (quotes by Jesse Zeman, Director of Wildlife and Fish Restoration at BCWF)

Terrace Standard & The Northern View: Anger growing among B.C. salmon anglers shut out of public fishery (quotes by Bill Bosch, BCWF President)

Kootenay Lake Now: Mandatory testing aims to keep B.C. free from chronic wasting disease

The Nelson Daily: Angler Incentive program a huge success

Trail Times: Kootenay angler’s program off to a great start

Castlegar Source: Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program: Catch a contest entry with your fish

Victoria News: App for Reporting Poaching, trespassing gains steam in B.C.

Kimberley Bulletin: 2019 Hunting and Wildlife Management Summary

Times Colonist: Does Killing Animals to Save animals Make Sense?

Vancouver Sun: Thirteen Grizzlies Illegally Killed in the past 2 years despite ban on hunting the Bears

Surrey Now Leader: Guided Walk Marks World Wetlands Day

B.C. Government News: Gaming grants support wetlands restoration, protection

Vancouver Sun: B.C.’s battle to save endangered steelhead shrouded in secrecy

Vancouver Sun: Douglas Todd: British Columbians fight U.S. billionaire for the ‘right to roam’ in the wild

Abby News: Threats to the Fraser river at a ‘new zenith,’ says river conservationist

Global News: New report says Fraser River is most endangered waterway in B.C.

Vancouver Sun: Fraser River the most critically endangered river in B.C: Outdoor Council

B.C. Government News: Hunters, guide outfitters to benefit from regulatory changes

CBC: Some B.C. salmon runs face ‘meaningful chance of extinction’ after landslide, despite rescue mission

Vancouver Sun: Number of Steelhead trout spawning in Thompson and Chilcotin watersheds is lowest in over 40 years

The Nelson Daily: Government says hunters guide outfitters benefit regulatory changes

Kamloops This Week: Steelhead numbers at yet another all time low

Times Colonist: It’s time to invest in BC’s water security

Coast Mountain News: Salmon Arm residents trail cam captures wolverine

Vancouver Sun: Caribou numbers up 49 per cent after four-year wolf cull

Global News: Cubs orphaned after mother bear illegally shot and killed in B.C. Interior

City News 1130: Critics say Federal Government is wiping out commercial pink salmon fisheries

The Province: Federal-provincial steelhead recovery plan mired in dysfunction

Global News: Conservationists fight to protect Herrling Island

Buzz Sprout: The Outdoor Narrative

CBC: Genetic study of sockeye salmon in B.C. river suggests 75% decline since 1913

Penticton Western News: Help keep the Similkameen River clean

Kimberley Bulletin: Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program funds East Kootenay restoration projects

Energetic City: Morfee Elementary School in Mackenzie receives funding for wetland project

The Progress: Decision to protect island in the Fraser River lauded

Quesnel Observer: Quesnel groups provide input into 2020 provincial budget

Rossland Telegraph: A FREE Workshop: Wetlands and what to do about them

Eagle Valley News: Column: Fishing Derby a family favourite on Father’s Day

Times Colonist: Jack Knox: Go outside, get a sense of Huck Finn’s world

Summerland Review: BC Wildlife Federation Elects a New President

Energetic City: MP Bob Zimmer – Weekly Report – BC Wildlife Federation’s AGM

Energetic City: B.C. Wildlife Federation holding 63rd Annual General Meeting and Convention in Fort St. John

Vernon youth wins award at B.C. Wildlife Federation’s Annual Gala

Victoria News: Young B.C. angler wins top award for catching fish two-thirds his own height

Creston Valley Advance: Creston Valley Rod and Gun Club celebrate centennial

Kamloops This Week: Stuck Thompson steelhead can’t access spawning grounds

Hope Standard: Last of Interior Fraser Steelhead further imperiled by DFO inaction, says BC Wildlife Federation

Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal: Repairs to Bonaparte River fishway a ‘huge priority’ for DFO

Vancouver Sun: Wildlife conflict: B.C. communities overrun by urban deer herds

Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal: Declining mule deer numbers prompts study

Global News: B.C. hunting community shoots back at calls to end wildlife killing contests

Vancouver Sun: Wildlife group urges B.C. to ban hunting of big cats

Vancouver Courier: Wild salmon plan panned by conservation groups

Vancouver Sun: DFO buried scientists’ concerns about endangered steelhead, B.C. deputy minister says

Vancouver Sun: The herbicide glyphosate persists in wild, edible plants: B.C. study

Global News: National park opponents call for extension to public consultation period

BC Local News: Column: Human activity having impact on outdoor activities

Energetic City: MP Bob Zimmer – Weekly Report – Southern Mountain Caribou Closures Town Hall

Energetic City: More public consultation needed for Caribou Recovery Program

Cowichan Valley Citizen: Resident angered over B.C. government trapping deer for research

Pique News Magazine: COS needs eyewitnesses to advance investigation into bear feeding

CBC: B.C. game hunter’s trail of deadly blunders results in 10-year ban

CBC: DFO investigating critical fish habitat destruction in B.C.’s ‘Heart of the Fraser’