A Vancouver Island watershed is experiencing such a severe drought the town of Lake Cowichan says it will start using pumps to keep the local river flowing.
Multiple passengers on board were able to view and photograph the bird. This is the 3rd record for the province of BC.
Swarms of anchovy can be seen swimming through the South Sound.
Major sea lice epidemics have erupted on Atlantic salmon fish farms on Vancouver Island’s west coast over the last three months, according to industry, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and independent reports.
A growing die off of native Western Red Cedar trees is becoming visible right across East Vancouver Island now. Experts say its a symptom of climate change and as Skye Ryan reports, its changing the forests we've come to know across this region.
The Cowichan River is lower than it was in August last year, after the long extreme heat and drought. There might not be enough water in the river for newly-hatched salmon to swim to the ocean.
the Beaufort Picnic Area appears to consist of stream-origin alluvial cobbles, pebbles, and perhaps sand, and so not well consolidated, thus perhaps making these trees relatively vulnerable to wind. The snapped-off trees, however, indicate the unusually high intensity of this particular windstorm.
Damage assessment underway due to fallen trees, hanging debris
Typically these storms remain off the coast of Vancouver Island and we only see the frontal systems move ashore.
Many mature Sitka spruce trees dying off from French Beach south into Sooke along waterfront. Many dead partway up and needles thin.
The blob is the popular name for a huge patch of warm water that has reached above normal temperatures in the Pacific Ocean.
Plans are underway for raising the weir: a reflection of widespread concern, says Ken Traynor
A White-winged Dove was photographed at the Port Renfrew Marina at 11:57 am on August 22-2018 but was misidentified as a Band-tailed Pigeon...
We have visited this creek every summer for 10 years, since 2008, including every August, and we have never seen the water this low.
Questions have been raised after the 10th widest Douglas fir tree in BC BigTree Registry is cut down.
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