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April 2023
The Nelson Daily: Creston angler turns 52 fish heads in to $1000 in prizes (BCWF featured)
Country Life in BC: Producers at a loss with elk damages (BCWF mentioned)
Alaska Highway News: Today in local history – April 5, 2023 (BCWF mentioned)
Aldergrove Star: Kid-friendly open house for salmon release in Langley on Saturday (BCWF mentioned)
Castanet: Informed opinion needed (BCWF mentioned)
The Vancouver Sun: Conservation effort taps inventiveness of beavers in B.C. wetland restoration (BCWF featured)
The Castlegar Source: Beaver Dam Analogues regulate stream flow and temperature, enhancing fish-rearing habitat (BCWF featured)
March 2023
Education News Canada: Seaquam Secondary Student Wins Young Conservationist Scholarship (BCWF featured)
Surrey Now Leader: North Delta student wins Young Conservationist Scholarship (BCWF featured)
e-know.ca: Win up to $500,000 in BCWF 50/50 (BCWF featured)
Energetic City: Upcoming BC Wildlife Federation 50/50 draw (BCWF featured)
Kelowna Capital News: Go Wild program near Peachland teaches youth to become environmental leaders (BCWF featured)
Prince George Citizen: Outdoor skills weekend on offer for Prince George women (BCWF featured)
My Prince George Now: Three day outdoor skills course for women being offered this spring (BCWF featured)
Alaska Highway News: BC Wildlife Federation announced kids camp in Fort St. John (BCWF featured)
CBC: Logging near streams in B.C. Interior is warming water and threatening coho salmon: study (BCWF mentioned)
CKPG-TV: Backcountry training course available for women (BCWF featured)
100 Mile Free Press: Channel of Bonaparte River could see more salmon, thanks to First Nation’s efforts (BCWF featured)
The Prince George Citizen: Interior First Nation restores fish habitat (BCWF featured)
Castanet: Salmon channel undergoes restoration to bolster population (BCWF featured)
February 2023
The Vancouver Sun: Fisheries scientists call out Ottawa for ‘flawed’ sea lice report (BCWF featured)
Trail Daily Times: Argenta angler reels in monthly prize (BCWF featured)
IndigiNews: Newly-formed coalition wants to save dwindling wild Pacific salmon stocks (BCWF mentioned)
ChekNews: Vancouver Island farmers call for a government plan to deal with elk (Jesse Zeman interviewed)
Global News: Association finds depleted Big Horn sheep count in Okanagan (Southern Okanagan Sportsmen Association interviewed)
Nelson Star: Calgary angler hooks a winner in Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program (BCWF mentioned)
Canada Today: BC shooters fear federal firearms law will kill their sport (BCWF featured)
Vernon Morning Star: Women taking over the backcountry: Outdoor course returns to Lake Country (BCWF featured)
January 2023
Global News: ‘What are you doing there?’: Moose sightings delight B.C. residents (BCWF mentioned)
Terrace Standard: It’s official: Created in Salmon Arm painting to adorn salmon conservation stamp (BCWF mentioned)
The Nelson Daily: Argenta Man Reels in Dozens of Kootenay Lake Trout, Wins $1000 Title (BCWF featured)
BC Business: Weekend Warrior: Function Point’s Jenny Ly is a software sales exec, hunter and conservationist all at once (BCWF Director Jenny Ly featured)
North Shore News: Much like salmon, youth are returning to the Seymour River (BCWF featured)
December 2022
Richmond Sentinel: Province helps B.C. non-profits break down barriers in their communities (BCWF mentioned)
The Abbotsford News: Canadiens goalie Carey Price takes a stand against federal firearms Bill C-21 (BCWF mentioned)
Vancouver is Awesome: B.C. First Nation questions federal gun ban (BCWF mentioned)
Trail Times: Creston retiree hooks first Grand Prize of Kootenay Lake derby (BCWF mentioned)
Yahoo! News: Endangered salmon are left to flounder as Canada hosts COP15 (BCWF featured)
The Nelson Daily: Creston derby winner proves lightning strikes again and again (BCWF mentioned)
November 2022
The Penticton Herald: Land trust acquires Bourguiba Spring property (BCWF mentioned)
The Langley Advance Times: Vancouver Giants pay tribute to 1972 Canada-Russia series (BCWF mentioned)
Cowichan Valley Citizen: Flashback: Deadly flying rocks, school trustee campaign battles, islands for sale (BCWF mentioned)
Kamloops This Week: Bighorn sheep population declining in Kamloops area (BCWF mentioned)
The Abbotsford News: Firearms bill unfairly targets hunters: B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF featured)
National Post: Chris Selley: Liberals’ mandatory gun buyback is another boondoggle waiting to happen (BCWF mentioned)
National Post: ‘Largest gun ban in Canadian history’: Bill amendment could criminalize millions of hunting rifles (BCWF mentioned)
The Nelson Daily: Liberals receiving strong pushback after introducing late Bill C-21 amendment (BCWF featured)
Nanaimo News-Bulletin: Conservatives are ‘fearmongering’ over assault-style gun ban: public safety minister (BCWF mentioned)
Victoria News: Renowned Salmon Arm wildlife artist puts her stamp on prestigious contest (BCWF mentioned)
Alaska Highway News: Bill C-21 changes harmful and costly, critic says (BCWF mentioned)
Vancouver Is Awesome: BC Wildlife Federation says gun legislation targets law abiding, ignores criminals (BCWF featured)
Trail Times: Creston retiree hooks first Grand Prize of Kootenay Lake derby (BCWF mentioned)
October 2022
Parksville Qualicum Beach News: Doug Kitts running for RDN Area G director (BCWF mentioned)
Coast Mountain News: More ecosystem restoration burns planned in Cariboo (BCWF mentioned)
The Powell River Peak: Two elk shot illegally in qathet region (BCWF mentioned)
The Nelson Daily: Sparwood angler wins family wager, Kootenay Lake prize draw (BCWF featured)
Yahoo!News: Damaged culvert at Abel Creek a hardship for salmon and other fish (BCWF mentioned)
Canada’s National Observer: Rewilding a school wetland is a lesson in climate resilience (BCWF featured)
The Castlegar Source: Kids’ derby prize winner reports trout stuffed with kokanee fry (BCWF featured)
The Chilliwack Progress: The mighty Fraser tops most-endangered list of B.C. rivers for ‘grave threats’ to habitat (BCWF mentioned)
September 2022
The Abbotsford News: Rotting sockeye salmon dumped along Fraser River signals ‘rampant’ illegal sales (BCWF featured)
Vancouver Sun: Signs of sockeye salmon poaching abound, though Fraser River remains off limits (BCWF featured)
Castanet: Buckets of rotting salmon found at Steveston Harbour (BCWF featured)
Global News: Thousands of illegal sockeye being dumped near Fraser River (BCWF featured)
Castanet: Hunters, anglers pushed hard to create conservation institutions (BCWF featured)
Vancouver Sun: DFO has ‘investigations ongoing’ into Fraser River salmon poaching (BCWF mentioned)
Outdoor Canada: How B.C.’s move to limited entry-draws threatens conservation (BCWF mentioned)
Castanet: Poaching fears as Fraser River salmon are dumped to rot, even as returns slump (BCWF mentioned)
MyCaribooNow: Ecosystem Restoration Burn Planned Southwest Of Williams Lake (BCWF mentioned)
Campbell River Mirror: Quadra Island schoolyard given new life with wetland restoration (BCWF featured)
August 2022
Outdoor Canada: Opinion: In B.C., emotion is trumping science-based wildlife management (BCWF mentioned)
e-know.ca: Engagement and learning at the Columbia River headwaters (BCWF featured)
Kimberley Bulletin: Engagement and learning at the headwaters of the Columbia River (BCWF featured)
CBC News: Fisheries official denies coverup allegations over research into endangered B.C. steelhead (BCWF featured)
Vancouver Sun: B.C. Wildlife Federation alleges DFO managers meddling in steelhead science (BCWF featured)
Surrey Now – Leader: Dozens of dead fish found in North Delta creek (BCWF featured)
Delta Optimist: Streamkeepers want better treatment of stormwater (BCWF featured)
July 2022
Vancouver Is Awesome: DFO suppressing research on steelhead, says BCWF (BCWF featured)
The Nelson Daily: First cast during mid-morning paddle nets a trout, $1,000 in prizes (BCWF featured)
BC Outdoors: Shuswap Outdoor Women On The Rise (BCWF mentioned)
Daily Hive News: From crows to deer: How wild animals stay cool in a heatwave (Neil Fletcher interviewed)
June 2022
Castanet: Kelowna firearm owners say Liberal gun-control measures miss the mark (Jesse Zeman interviewed)
The Province: B.C. firearms retailers report handgun sales spike (Jesse Zeman interviewed)
Castanet: New hunting rules fuel division, Northern BC First Nations say (Jesse Zeman interviewed)
e-know.ca: Proposed law will waste billions regulating the wrong people (BCWF featured)
Global News: B.C. Wildlife Federation seeking citizen scientists for deer study (BCWF featured)
CFJC Today: B.C. Wildlife Federation wants critical areas of fire-damaged Thompson-Okanagan roads off-limits for vehicles (BCWF featured)
Castanet: BC Wildlife Federation calls for return to backcountry closures in fire areas (BCWF featured)
The Vernon Morning Star: Love wildlife? B.C. wildlife foundation looking for hikers to help with animal cameras (BCWF featured)
Vancouver is Awesome: Your guide to the best summer day camps for kids in Metro Vancouver (BCWF mentioned)
CBC: Wildfire recovery rules poorly enforced, spark commercial ‘free-for-all’ in B.C. Interior, advocates say (BCWF featured)
The Nelson Daily: Creston retiree lands Grand Prize in Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program year end draw (BCWF mentioned)
The Williams Lake Tribune: No licence required to fish with dad this Father’s Day weekend (BCWF mentioned)
The Vernon Morning Star: ‘Free-for-all’ access to burned Okanagan forests stopping post-wildfire regeneration: Advocates (BCWF featured)
Chemainus Valley Courier: Victoria fly fishing club marks 45 years with new Cowichan River angling map (BCWF mentioned)
Comox Valley Record: Courtenay and District Fish and Game club hosts Fishing Forever (BCWF mentioned)
The Vancouver Sun: Jesse Zeman: Too many wildlife populations in B.C. are crashing due to industrial encroachment (BCWF featured)
The Columbia Valley Pioneer: Listening to our Indigenous Elders, their wisdom and concerns (BCWF mentioned)
May 2022
100 Mile Free Press: B.C. drops regulations for shooting ranges from legislation meant to curb gun violence (BCWF featured)
The Energy Mix: ‘Tail Wags the Dog’ as BC Hydro Accused of Ignoring Habitat Conservation Duties (BCWF featured)
Cape Breton Post: Newfoundland politician pushing new bill to study seal populations (BCWF mentioned)
CityNews: Canada goose nesting at Vancouver Convention Centre not a mother-to-be (Jesse Zeman quoted)
The Castlegar Source: Cougars and cameras and deer, oh my! BCWF holds 50/50 fundraiser (BCWF featured)
Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows News: Outdoors backcountry workshops for women in Maple Ridge forest (BCWF featured)
Castanet: Women gather at Camp Winfield for a weekend of outdoors training and confidence-building (BCWF featured)
Kelowna Capital News: Building confidence, gaining independence in the Okanagan while Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BCWF featured)
The Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal: Loon Lake fundraiser features works by local artists (BCWF mentioned)
Prince George Citizen: Hunting closures, regulation changes announced in Northeast B.C. (BCWF mentioned)
The Nelson Daily: Planning measures released for Year Three of Kootenay Lake Recovery (BCWF mentioned)
Info news.ca: Local retailers carrying the burden of new firearms regulations (BCWF featured)
Vancouver Sun: Tori Ball: Set aside your differences, B.C. leaders, to protect nature (BCWF featured)
NationTalk: Changes to hunting regulations support reconciliation, wildlife stewardship (BCWF mentioned)
Alaska Highway News: Peace River North MLA ‘shocked’ by new moose hunt regulations (BCWF mentioned)
Saltwire: Parliament studying how DFO acts on scientific data (BCWF mentioned)
Castanet: Two Vernon men fined a total of $13,000 for illegally killing three moose near Kelowna (BCWF mentioned)
CBC: B.C. makes contentious change to moose, caribou hunt in northeast (BCWF mentioned)
Vancouver is Awesome: Province turns its back on science, says BC Wildlife Federation (BCWF featured)
ICI Radio-Canada: Réactions contrastées aux nouvelles restrictions sur la chasse en C.-B. (BCWF mentioned)
Prince George Daily News: B.C.’s hunting regulation changes will hurt northern residents (BCWF mentioned)
Yahoo! News Canada: Regulation changes drastically impact moose hunting in B.C.’s northeast (BCWF mentioned)
April 2022
Times Columnist: Shooting for success: Two young Metis women make their mark on the range (BCWF featured)
Kelowna Infotel.ca: Fences along Okanagan Connector trapping deer, making them easy prey (BCWF’s Southern Interior Mule Deer Project featured)
100 Mile Free Press: Cow Moose Sign founder honoured for efforts to conserve B.C. moose population (BCWF mentioned)
The Williams Lake Tribune: Ecosytem restoration burn planned for Riske Creek, Tl’esqox First Nation (BCWF mentioned)
CBC News: B.C. Hydro failing to live up to environmental obligations, say conservationists (BCWF featured)
BC Outdoors: The inaugural BC Outdoors Show opens to an enthusiastic crowd (BCWF mentioned)
Yahoo!News: Frogs are the biggest victims of road kill. These ‘ecopassages’ help save them (Jesse Zeman quoted)
BC Gov News: Watershed restoration creates a healthier future for B.C. (BCWF mentioned)
e-know.ca: B.C. investment in watershed security offers hope (BCWF mentioned)
Castanet: Easter Seals Camp Winfield to host all-inclusive weekend for aspiring outdoors women (BCWF featured)
North Thompson Star/Journal: Province reconsiders new restrictions after consultations with BCWF (BCWF featured)
Toronto Star: Local club wins conservation award (BCWF featured)
March 2022
Kelowna Now: Highlighting endangered BC animals on World Wildlife Day (BCWF mentioned)
Nation Talk: BC Government: Wildlife Act changes support reconciliation (BCWF mentioned)
Energetic City: MLA Davies urges residents to provide feedback on proposed hunting regulations (BCWF mentioned)
Castanet: Shooting for the future of Okanagan fish and game clubs (BCWF featured)
Energetic City: B.C. Liberals to host virtual roundtable on proposed Peace region hunting regulations (BCWF mentioned)
Haida Gwaii Observer: Kokanee population ‘collapsed’ in Kootenay Lake but unlikely to disappear (BCWF mentioned)
Castanet: BC hunters concerned over proposed changes to hunting allocations in Northern BC (BCWF featured)
Alaska Highway News: Proposed changes to moose hunt not being welcomed (BCWF featured, Jesse Zeman quoted)
MyBulkleyLakesNow: BC Wildlife Federation says BC is taking aim at the wrong groups (BCWF featured, Jesse Zeman quoted)
Prince George Citizen: Fort St. John mayor condemns threat against Blueberry chief (BCWF mentioned)
CBC: Death threat aimed at Blueberry River First Nations chief over proposed changes to moose, caribou hunting (BCWF mentioned, Jesse Zeman quoted)
Trail Times: Kootenay Lake anglers support added incentive to fish (BCWF mentioned)
Alaska Highway News: Hunters rally behind BC Liberals on proposed moose hunt changes (BCWF mentioned)
Energetic City: Hundreds of B.C. residents sound off on NDP’s proposed hunting regulations (BCWF mentioned)
Ducks Unlimited Canada: Ducks Unlimited Canada releases comprehensive report to guide future restoration efforts in the Fraser River Estuary (BCWF mentioned)
February 2022
Nelson Star News: Kootenay Lake kokanee spawning numbers a growing concern (BCWF mentioned)
Toronto Star: Wetlands Workforce team tackles Richmond shoreline (BCWF mentioned)
InfoTel News: ‘Super unusual’: West Kelowna fisherman catches 4-pound yellow perch (Jesse Zeman interviewed)
EnergeticCity.ca: BCWF worried agreement between Blueberry River and province will impact outdoor recreation in Northeast BC (BCWF featured)
Comox Valley Record: Courtenay and District Fish and Game making waves in Vancouver Island conservation (BCWF featured)
January 2022
Castanet: Pay now for natural asset protection, or pay much more later (written by Jesse Zeman and Neil Fletcher)
e-know.net: Gray Creek resident latest KLAIP winner (BCWF mentioned)
North Thompson Star/ Journal: Love the outdoors? Join a rod and gun club? (Jesse Zeman quoted)
Agassiz-Harrison Observer: Interior Fraser steelhead face extinction, warn B.C. fishing conservation groups (BCWF mentioned)
Business in Vancouver: ‘It’s pretty desperate’: Coalition calls for Fraser steelhead to be listed as endangered (BCWF mentioned)
CBC News: Interior Fraser steelhead face extinction, fishery and conservation groups warn (BCWF mentioned)
North Thompson Star/Journal: Nominations now open for BCWF awards (BCWF mentioned)
December 2021
Richmond News: Fraser River cleanup removes 1.2 tonnes of debris from Richmond’s West Dyke trail (BCWF featured)
e.know.ca: KLAIP Awards Big Grand Prizes (BCWF mentioned)
InfoTel News: Documentary highlights largest mule deer project in B.C.’s history (BCWF and SIMDeer Project featured)
Vancouver Sun: Jesse Zeman: A ‘balanced debate’ about conservation is welcome, preferably before more species face extinction (written by Jesse Zeman)
The Free Press: 2021 hunting season in the East Kootenay (BCWF mentioned)
November 2021
The Castlegar Source: Letter: No need for a hatchery on Kootenay Lake (Harvey Andrusak, BCWF Past President)
Calgary Monitor: Doctor diagnoses elderly woman with a case of climate change (Jesse Zeman, Director of Fish and Wildlife Restoration quoted)
Penticton Herald: Survey says: Tough year for kokanee (BCWF mentioned)
The Nelson Daily: Ogilvie, Posnikoff big winners in Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program (BCWF mentioned)
CBC: Kootenay Lake fishery in peril, B.C. Wildlife Federation says (Harvey Andrusak, BCWF Past President quoted, BCWF mentioned)
Trail Times: Wildlife advocates sound alarm over Trail dam decommissioninig and land remediation (BCWF mentioned)
e-know: Carmen Purdy remembered as a force for nature (BCWF quoted)
October 2021
BurnabyNow: ‘Going to burn again’: B.C.’s post-fire salvage logging practices need to change, say experts (Jesse Zeman, BCWF Director of Fish and Wildlife Restoration quoted)
The Nelson Daily: Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program (KLAIP) has been extended to May 2022 (BCWF mentioned)
Alaska Highway News: Investing in healthy forests critical for fish and wildlife in the Peace Region (Gerry Paille, BCWF Wildlife Allocations Committee Chair)
The Province: Damn near extinction: Interior steelhead run expected to be very small (BCWF mentioned)
The Castlegar Source: Local kids win big in Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program (BCWF mentioned)
The Abbotsford News: Habitat protection needs teeth to save salmon in ‘Heart of the Fraser’: B.C. coalition (Jesse Zeman, BCWF Director of Fish and Wildlife Restoration quoted)
Castanet: Students plant wetlands, learn modular farming at middle school in Kelowna (BCWF’s Wetlands Workforce mentioned)
Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows News: Alouette River Management Society puts a call out to help build the riparian along South Alouette river (BCWF mentioned)
September 2021
The Vancouver Sun: Opinion: B.C. needs to invest $250 million per year to make our forests more resilient to fire (Jesse Zeman, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program co-authored the piece with members of the Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Coalition)
Prince Rupert Northern View: At the Heart of Hunting and Fishing (Region 6 BCWF Regional President, David Lewis, p.7)
CBC: Kootenay Lake fishery in peril, B.C. Wildlife Federation says (former president of BCWF, Harvey Andrusak, quoted, and BCWF mentioned)
Kelowna Now: Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation announces funding for projects in the Interior (BCWF mentioned)
The Valley Voice: Kootenay Lake fishery is talking too long to recover says B.C.’s former director of fisheries (BCWF mentioned, former president of BCWF, Harvey Andrusak, quoted)
The Nelson Star: Kootenay Lake fishery should be fixed in less than a decade, former B.C. director of fisheries (BCWF mentioned, former president of BCWF, Harvey Andrusak, quoted)
August 2021
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)
July 2021
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)
June 2021
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)
May 2021
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)
Times 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)
April 2021
The Columbia Valley Pioneer: Columbia Lake Provincial Park illegal tree harvesting (BCWF mentioned)
Infotel: Keep your drones away from wildlife, Okanagan Conservation Officers warn (BCWF mentioned)
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)
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
February 2021
January 2021
December 2020
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)
November 2020
October 2020
September 2020
May 2020
January 2020
December 2019
B.C. Government News: Gaming grants support wetlands restoration, protection
Vancouver Sun: B.C.’s battle to save endangered steelhead shrouded in secrecy
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
November 2019
October 2019
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
September 2019
August 2019
July 2019
June 2019
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
May 2019
Summerland Review: BC Wildlife Federation Elects a New President
Energetic City: MP Bob Zimmer – Weekly Report – BC Wildlife Federation’s AGM
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
April 2019
Kamloops This Week: Stuck Thompson steelhead can’t access spawning grounds
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
March 2019
February 2019
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
January 2019
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’