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Early birds: Photographer spots Brant geese down-Island ahead of usual PQB returnVancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 6 Jan 2025 ![]() |
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Bin-busting bears in Tofino and Ucluelet making quick work of bear-resistant garbage cansTofino and Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada 19 Dec 2024 ![]() |
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Storm knocks out power and impacts travel on Vancouver Island SaturdayVancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 14 Dec 2024 ![]() |
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90,000 without power, ferries cancelled as storm batters Vancouver IslandVancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 20 Nov 2024 ![]() |
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Province issues travel advisory as 'bomb cyclone' hits Vancouver Island causing widespread power outagesPort Alberni, British Columbia, Canada 19 Nov 2024 ![]() |
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Snow falls on Vancouver Island north of Campbell River ahead of bomb cycloneVancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 19 Nov 2024 ![]() |
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'Swarm of earthquakes' rattle off B.C.'s coast, no tsunami expectedVancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 11 Jul 2024 ![]() |
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Massive ocean sunfish spotted off Vancouver IslandPowell River, British Columbia, Canada 13 Sep 2023 ![]() |
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Invasive goldfish seen swimming under ice at Okanagan pondPort Alberni, British Columbia, Canada 3 Feb 2023 ![]() |
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'We have NEVER documented this before': Tofino tourism operator witnesses killer whales attacking humpbackTofino, British Columbia, Canada 11 Mar 2022 ![]() |
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Encouraging signs in Huu-ay-aht rivers, despite salmon declines elsewhereAnacla 12, British Columbia, Canada 1 Mar 2022 ![]() |
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Chinook salmon returning in surprising numbers to Cowichan RiverCowichan River 29 Sep 2021 ![]() |
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The wall lizard invasion of Vancouver IslandPort Alberni, British Columbia, Canada 27 Sep 2021 ![]() |
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Decrease in Prawn Abundance of Desolation SoundPowell River, British Columbia, Canada 3 Sep 2021 |
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Sea cucumber die-off near Vancouver IslandDolphin Beach, British Columbia, Canada 28 Aug 2021 ![]() |
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More than 200 illegal fishing nets seized on Fraser River by fishery officersPort Alberni, British Columbia, Canada 20 Aug 2021 ![]() |
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Arbutus trees under stress on Gabriola IslandNanaimo, British Columbia, Canada 1 Apr 2021 |
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'Once in a millennium': Record-breaking rogue wave measured off Vancouver IslandUcluelet, British Columbia, Canada 17 Nov 2020 ![]() |
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Fisherman snags barracuda off Vancouver Island in rare encounterAlberni Inlet, Vancouver Island, Canada 13 Jul 2020 ![]() |
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Southern resident whales returning later to Salish Sea in ‘drastic’ changeStrait of Georgia 1 Jul 2020 ![]() |
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Juvenile grey whale caught on camera in Nanoose BayNanoose Bay, British Columbia, Canada 25 Apr 2020 ![]() |
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Velella velella Strandings in TofinoTofino, British Columbia, Canada 19 Apr 2020 |
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Gooseneck BarnaclesTofino, British Columbia, Canada 14 Apr 2020 |
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BC Hydro reservoirs see record low rain across Vancouver IslandPuntledge River, Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada 6 Dec 2019 ![]() |
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Victoria broke its record for driest November in more than 25 yearsVancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 3 Dec 2019 ![]() |
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Tofino fish farms reporting mass die-offs due to harmful algaeHerbert Inlet, British Columbia, Canada 20 Nov 2019 ![]() |
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Hybrid salmon discovered by scientists on Vancouver IslandCowichan River, British Columbia, Canada 12 Oct 2019 ![]() |
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Young Beaver (Castor canadensis) a Long Way from Nearest Known Beaver PondSomewhere North of Courtenay 4 Oct 2019 |
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Hypothermic tropical sea turtle rescued from waters near Port AlberniPort Alberni, British Columbia, Canada 3 Oct 2019 ![]() |
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Declining Snow and Summer Rain in the Alberni ValleyPort Alberni, British Columbia, Canada 17 Sep 2019 |
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Invasive Asian giant hornets found on Vancouver IslandNanaimo, British Columbia, Canada 11 Sep 2019 ![]() |
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Lake water to be pumped into B.C. river due to severe droughtLake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada 27 Aug 2019 ![]() |
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Sea Lice Plagues Return and Threat to Wild Salmon IncreasesClayquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada 11 Jun 2019 ![]() |
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It’s spring, but B.C. is sounding the alarm on droughtBritish Columbia, Canada 11 Jun 2019 ![]() |
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Rare white ‘ghost orca’ spotted near NanaimoNorthern Strait of Georgia 29 May 2019 ![]() |
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Extreme weather sparks large die off of Cedar on Vancouver IslandEast Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 15 May 2019 ![]() |
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Climate change effects obvious on Cowichan River, wildfire seasonCowichan River, British Columbia, Canada 13 May 2019 ![]() |
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Dead and dying salal plants ‘everywhere’ along the coastCampbell River, British Columbia, Canada 10 May 2019 ![]() |
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Trees Broken, Uprooted, Toppled by WindBeaufort Picnic Area, Cameron Lake, British Columbia 19 Apr 2019 |
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Windstorm and Widespread Forest BlowdownWhisky Creek, British Columbia 10 Jan 2019 ![]() |
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Hurricane force winds recorded near TofinoLennard Island Lighthouse, British Columbia, Canada 22 Dec 2018 ![]() |
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Dangerously high levels of Red Tide found in bivalve shellfish on B.C. coastSechelt, British Columbia, Canada 1 Nov 2018 ![]() |
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Three new humpback whales identified off east Vancouver IslandStrait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada 30 Oct 2018 ![]() |
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Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) in Lund/Powell RiverPowell River, British Columbia, Canada 13 Sep 2018 ![]() |
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Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) in Campbell RiverCampbell River, British Columbia, Canada 5 Sep 2018 ![]() |
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Drought has volunteers walking Cowichan Lake area’s dry rivers and creek-beds looking for stranded fish fryCowichan Lake Area, British Columbia, Canada 22 Aug 2018 ![]() |
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White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) in Port RenfrewPort Renfrew, British Columbia, Canada 22 Aug 2018 |
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Northernmost American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Observation on iNaturalistInland Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada 21 Aug 2018 ![]() |
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Thick smoke in the Alberni Valley, lasting daysPort Alberni, British Columbia, Canada 15 Aug 2018 |
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Ship Creek Almost DryPort Alberni, British Columbia, Canada 7 Aug 2018 |
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'Red tide' algal blooms appearing around B.C. coastal watersCoastal Waters, British Columbia, Canada 18 Jul 2018 ![]() |
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European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) invaded our neighborhood and cityPort Alberni, British Columbia, Canada 29 May 2018 |
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Old-growth logging in Nahmint ValleyNahmint Valley, British Columbia, Canada 26 May 2018 ![]() |
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California Quail (Callipepla californica) Expanding Poleward24 May 2018 |
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Shifting species composition of sealions at Hornby IslandFlora Islet, British Columbia, Canada 8 Apr 2018 |
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Vancouver Island cholera outbreak 'a unique situation,' health officials sayNanaimo, British Columbia, Canada 25 Mar 2018 ![]() |
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Cholera found in herring eggs from Oceanside areaNanaimo, British Columbia, Canada 23 Mar 2018 ![]() |
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Ahousaht Harbor: Swimming Hole MonitoringAhousaht, British Columbia, Canada 6 Dec 2017 |
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Chordgrass (Spartina sp.) eradication at Goose SpitGoose Spit Regional Park, Comox, British Columbia, Canada 5 Dec 2017 |
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Paper Mill Dam: Swimming Hole MonitoringPaper Mill Dam, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada 25 Nov 2017 |
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Wednesday's warm weather record-breaking in DuncanDuncan, British Columbia, Canada 24 Nov 2017 ![]() |
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What's That We're Hearing? Sea Otters in the Salish Sea?Cortez Island, British Columbia, Canada 15 Nov 2017 ![]() |
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Atlantic salmon arrive in French Creek -- Not in a good way!French Creek, British Columbia, Canada 10 Sep 2017 ![]() |
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Wildfire smoke leads to weather alert on Vancouver IslandVancouver Island, BC, Canada 5 Sep 2017 ![]() |
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Dry Koksilah River threatens fish in Cowichan ValleyKoksiloh River, British Columbia, Canada 5 Sep 2017 ![]() |
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Juvenile Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) in southern coastal BCSouthern BC Waters 2 Sep 2017 |
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B.C.'s coastal sea star population in increasingly hot waterBritish Columbia, Canada 24 Aug 2017 ![]() |
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Victoria Day heat a 10-year Duncan highDuncan, British Columbia, Canada 25 May 2017 ![]() |
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No assurance that water in Cowichan River now will help with summer droughtLake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada 5 Apr 2017 ![]() |
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Bumper harvest as herring return to Strait of Georgia in great numbersFrench Creek, British Columbia, Canada 5 Mar 2017 ![]() |
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Thousands of Dead Red Rock Crabs (Cancer productus) on BeachDenman Island, British Columbia, Canada 30 Dec 2016 |
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Unusual Turbidity in Sarita RiverBamfield, British Columbia, Canada 3 Oct 2016 |
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Increasing Sea Surface Temperature at Entrance IslandEntrance Island, British Columbia, Canada 19 Sep 2016 |
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Large school of post-larval California anchovy (Engraulis mordax)Trincomali Channel, Valdes Island 23 Aug 2016 |
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Toxic algae blamed for die-off at 2 salmon farms in Clayoquot SoundMillar Channel, British Columbia, Canada 13 Jun 2016 ![]() |
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Increased Spread of Japanese KnotweedSechelt, British Columbia, Canada 23 Apr 2016 |
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Hummingbird Sightings on the Sunshine CoastPowell River, British Columbia, Canada 27 Mar 2016 |
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Abundant Japanese Wireweed (Sargassum muticum)Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada 3 Aug 2015 |
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Bullfrogs threaten B.C. ecosystemsSouthwestern British Columbia 21 Jul 2015 ![]() |
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Big Mama and the return of the humpback whales to the Salish SeaSalish Sea 17 Jun 2015 ![]() |
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Thousands of small seabirds wash up on West Coast in die-off mysteryLong Beach, Pacific Rim National Park 7 Jan 2015 ![]() |
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Ocean acidity wipes out 10 million scallops near Qualicum BeachIsland Scallops Ltd., Vancouver Island, Canada 26 Feb 2014 ![]() |
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B.C.'s Cowichan River in danger of drying upDuncan, British Columbia, Canada 2 Oct 2012 ![]() |
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Latest IHN outbreak forces cull at Millar Channel fish farmMillar Channel, British Columbia, Canada 10 Aug 2012 ![]() |
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Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) swallowing sand and pebblesHornby Island, British Columbia, Canada 14 Jan 2009 |
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Too Many Sea Otters?Chesterman Beach, British Columbia, Canada 1 Sep 2004 ![]() |