In The Media

B.C. Local News: Okanagan Lake drawdown could be cause for thousands of dead salmon eggs (BCWF quoted, Patt Whittingham, BCWF’s Okanagan president quoted, Jesse Zeman, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program quoted)

Penticton Herald: Three-quarters of kokanee spawners dead in Okanagan Lake, group says (BCWF quoted, Patt Whittingham, BCWF’s Okanagan president quoted)

Global News: Early drawdown of Okanagan Lake compromised fish restoration efforts, says B.C. Wildlife Federation (Jesse Zeman, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program quoted)

The Valley Voice: Two kids win big for conservation in the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program (BCWF mentioned)

Pennywise: Locals of all ages netting great prizes this summer (BCWF mentioned)

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News: Habitat Conservation Trust announces 5 grants for projects in Pitt River watershed (BCWF mentioned)

Vancouver Sun: B.C. wildfires update for July 30: B.C. government urges caution this long weekend | Evacuation order lifted for properties near Osoyoos | 248 wildfires, 3,058 properties evacuated (Jesse Zeman, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program, quoted)

The Valley Voice: Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program grand-prize winner (BCWF mentioned)

Agassiz Harrison Observer: Fraser Valley conservation projects to see influx of more than $171,000 (Chuck Zuckerman, president of the BCWF, quoted)

National Post: Why you can’t just blame climate change for B.C. being on fire (Jesse Zeman, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program, quoted)

CBC Radio Canada: Feux en C.-B. : une mauvaise gestion des forêts a créé une « bombe à retardement » (Jesse Zeman, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program, quoted)

Vancouver Sun: B.C. gets a hefty economic bang for the bucks it spends on protecting watersheds (see Wetlands Workforce)

The Castlegar Source: Young anglers time to get trout heads in the KLAIP game (see Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program)

Vancouver Sun: Jesse Zeman: Archaic management has turned our forests into an overstuffed matchbox (By Jesse Zeman, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program)

Infotel: B.C. has turned its forests into a ticking time bomb (By Jesse Zeman, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program)

Cowichan Valley Citizen: Art and the watershed: Learning about what’s here and how to preserve it (see Wetlands Workforce)

Water Canada: Research reveals B.C.’s watershed sector is a jobs powerhouse (see Wetlands Workforce)

Rossland News: Contract awarded for takedown of Trail dams (see Wetlands Workforce)

Kelowna Now: Habitat Conservation Trust Fund awards $9.3M for 175 conservation projects (see Wetlands Workforce)

Taste of Squamish: Chelem Trail: A Virtual Tour with the BC Wildlife Federation (By Emma Kingsland, Development & Volunteer Assistant)

The Jill Bennett Show on CKNW 980: Jesse Zeman, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program, discusses the effect of B.C.’s wildfires on wildlife.

CBC Daybreak South with Chris Walker: Jesse Zeman, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program, discusses wildfire, controlled burns and wildlife.

B.C. Local News: Burns Lake’s Lakes District Secondary school students strike out the competition (Chris Lim, the BCWF Youth Programs and NASP BC manager, quoted)

Yorkton This Week: House committee pushes feds to scale up action to save wild salmon (Jesse Zeman, Director of Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program, quoted)

Trail Times: Balfour man lands big prize from angler incentive program (see Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program)

E-Know: Fisher catches 18’ Kingfisher boat thanks to KLAIP (see Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program)

My East Kootenay Now: Columbia Basin Trust helping fund outdoor accessibility program (see Docks Project)

My Prince George Now: Over 50,000 BC conservationists share concerns over wildlife management actions (see Act Now)

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

The Nelson Daily: Local fisher ‘catches’ 18’ Kingfisher boat grand prize from the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program (see Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program)

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)