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Salmon as B.C. Symbol Campaign Reaction
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Wednesday, 04 August 2010 08:53
From the PSF Blog - Positive Reaction to Campaign to Make Salmon B.C. Symbol
Last week the Pacific Salmon Foundation and Fraser Basin Council launched a campaign to encourage the provincial government to make wild Pacific salmon British Columbia's official fish. (Actually, Vancouver Sun columnist Miro Cernetig got this rolling a year back and we're doing our part to help build support)
Even with the August holiday exodus upon us, we have received very favourable response from the public at http://www.thinksalmon.com/. (Please let us know what you think too!)
Pacific Salmon as an official BC symbol?: Call for public comment
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 09:11
Vancouver, BC (July 27, 2010)The Pacific Salmon Foundation, Fraser Basin Council and Living Rivers - Georgia Basin/Vancouver Island are inviting people from across British Columbia to express their views on a proposal to designate wild Pacific salmon as BC's provincial fish. The organizations are encouraging public comment, which can be submitted at www.thinksalmon.com. They will receive and post comments until September 30 and will relay all submissions to the Province of BC.
"Pacific salmon are part of the social, cultural, economic and environmental heritage of British Columbians," said Brian Riddell, President & CEO of the Pacific Salmon Foundation. "They have helped shape our history, and for First Nations, the relationship with salmon goes back thousands of years."
Read more: Pacific Salmon as an official BC symbol?: Call for public comment
TimberWest Renews Commitment to Salmon Conservation
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:03
July 18, 2010
TimberWest Renews Commitment to Salmon Conservation
Forestry company pledges $400,000 in five-year agreement with the Pacific Salmon Foundation
VANCOUVER — TimberWest has extended its support for wild Pacific salmon conservation by committing to donate $400,000 to the Pacific Salmon Foundation during the next five years. This continues a nine-year relationship between TimberWest and the Pacific Salmon Foundation, which to date has seen $550,000 channeled into B.C. streamkeeping efforts in watersheds that run through TimberWest lands — an area twice the size of Metro Vancouver.
Read more: TimberWest Renews Commitment to Salmon Conservation
Brian Ridell Resigns from Cohen Commission Panel
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 14:16
News ReleaseFor Immediate Release
July 7, 2010
STATEMENT OF PACIFIC SALMON FOUNDATION PRESIDENT BRIAN RIDDELLAnnounces Resignation from Cohen Commission
Vancouver – Dr. Brian Riddell, president and CEO of the Pacific Salmon Foundation, made the following statement today regarding his resignation from the Commission of Inquiry Into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River.
"Effective immediately, I have resigned from the Science Advisory Panel of the Commission of Inquiry Into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River. I have dedicated my professional life to studying wild Pacific salmon and to sustaining this remarkable natural resource. It was because of that commitment that I agreed to the Commission's invitation to serve on the panel, but with my initial understanding that panel members could also be called as witnesses. However, that understanding has now changed. The Commission policy is now that panel members cannot also be called as witnesses."
2010 Salmon Conservation Stamp Winner Announced
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Thursday, 26 November 2009 12:34
November 26th, 2009
The Pacific Salmon Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the 2010/2011 Pacific Salmon Conservation Stamp Art Competition.
This year marks the 21st anniversary of the competition and, as in previous years, the judge's decision was made difficult by the quality of the entries. After three rounds of adjudication, "Surface Tension" by Mark Hobson was chosen as the winning entry. Mr. Hobson is professionally trained as a biologist and self-taught as an artist. Based in Clayoquot Sound, his award winning paintings are simultaneously accurate and sensitive depictions of the many moods of wilderness and rural landscapes.
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