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Invasive goldfish seen swimming under ice at Okanagan pond
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
3 Feb 2023
Port Alberni Valley News
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Photographer finds massive octopus dead on Vancouver Island shore
Cherry Point, British Columbia, Canada
10 May 2022
Victoria Times Colonist
Event
Encouraging signs in Huu-ay-aht rivers, despite salmon declines elsewhere
Anacla 12, British Columbia, Canada
1 Mar 2022
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Chinook salmon returning in surprising numbers to Cowichan River
Cowichan River
29 Sep 2021
CHEK
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The wall lizard invasion of Vancouver Island
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
27 Sep 2021
Macleans.ca
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More than 200 illegal fishing nets seized on Fraser River by fishery officers
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
20 Aug 2021
Port Alberni Valley News
Event
Intertidal life after significant heat wave
Malahat Drive
29 Jun 2021
LEO Network
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'Once in a millennium': Record-breaking rogue wave measured off Vancouver Island
Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada
17 Nov 2020
CTV News-Vancouver Island
Event
Rare King-of-the-salmon fish found on Vancouver Island
Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
30 Sep 2020
CTV News - Vancouver Island
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Rare fish washes ashore at Whiffen Spit
Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
22 Sep 2020
Times Colonist
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Fisherman snags barracuda off Vancouver Island in rare encounter
Alberni Inlet, Vancouver Island, Canada
13 Jul 2020
Port Alberni Valley News
Event
Humpback whales numbers swell in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
Clallam Bay, Washington, United States
3 Jun 2020
LEO Network
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Juvenile grey whale caught on camera in Nanoose Bay
Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Canada
25 Apr 2020
CTV News
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Velella velella Strandings in Tofino
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
19 Apr 2020
LEO Network
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Victoria broke its record for driest November in more than 25 years
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
3 Dec 2019
Vancouver Island
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Hybrid salmon discovered by scientists on Vancouver Island
Cowichan River, British Columbia, Canada
12 Oct 2019
CBC
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Poisonous porcupine fish arrives on Island shores — a B.C. first
Jordan River, B.C. Canada
5 Oct 2019
Times Colonist
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Hypothermic tropical sea turtle rescued from waters near Port Alberni
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
3 Oct 2019
Times Colonist
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Declining Snow and Summer Rain in the Alberni Valley
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
17 Sep 2019
LEO Network
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Lake water to be pumped into B.C. river due to severe drought
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada
27 Aug 2019
CBC
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Booming anchovy population helps salmon, orcas
15 Jun 2019
KIRO
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It’s spring, but B.C. is sounding the alarm on drought
British Columbia, Canada
11 Jun 2019
Port Alberni Valley News
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Climate change effects obvious on Cowichan River, wildfire season
Cowichan River, British Columbia, Canada
13 May 2019
Cowichan Valley Citizen
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Trees Broken, Uprooted, Toppled by Wind
Beaufort Picnic Area, Cameron Lake, British Columbia
19 Apr 2019
LEO Network
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Intrusion of Beach Stones and Saltwater into the Coastal Forest
French Beach Provincial Park
24 Mar 2019
LEO Network
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Windstorm and Widespread Forest Blowdown
Whisky Creek, British Columbia
10 Jan 2019
Port Alberni Valley News
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Hurricane force winds recorded near Tofino
Lennard Island Lighthouse, British Columbia, Canada
22 Dec 2018
CHEK
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Hundreds of sea lions take over docks of Cowichan Bay
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
14 Nov 2018
CHEK
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Sitka spruce (
Picea sitchensis
) die-off French Beach
North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
1 Nov 2018
LEO Network
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The warm-water blob is back off the B.C. coast
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
19 Oct 2018
Vancouver Sun
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Drought has volunteers walking Cowichan Lake area’s dry rivers and creek-beds looking for stranded fish fry
Cowichan Lake Area, British Columbia, Canada
22 Aug 2018
Lake Cowichan Gazette
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White-winged Dove
(Zenaida asiatica)
in Port Renfrew
Port Renfrew, British Columbia, Canada
22 Aug 2018
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Thick smoke in the Alberni Valley, lasting days
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
15 Aug 2018
LEO Network
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Ship Creek Almost Dry
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
7 Aug 2018
LEO Network
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European Starlings
(Sturnus vulgaris)
invaded our neighborhood and city
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
29 May 2018
LEO Network
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Old-growth logging in Nahmint Valley
Nahmint Valley, British Columbia, Canada
26 May 2018
CHEK
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Paper Mill Dam: Swimming Hole Monitoring
Paper Mill Dam, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
25 Nov 2017
LEO Network
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Wednesday's warm weather record-breaking in Duncan
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
24 Nov 2017
Cowichan Valley Citizen
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Wildfire smoke leads to weather alert on Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
5 Sep 2017
Victoria News
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Dry Koksilah River threatens fish in Cowichan Valley
Koksiloh River, British Columbia, Canada
5 Sep 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
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B.C.'s coastal sea star population in increasingly hot water
British Columbia, Canada
24 Aug 2017
CBC News
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Victoria Day heat a 10-year Duncan high
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
25 May 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
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U.S. Native Coastal Communities Moving Due to Change Climate Change
La Push, Washington
5 May 2017
Colorlines
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No assurance that water in Cowichan River now will help with summer drought
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada
5 Apr 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
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Unusual Turbidity in Sarita River
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
3 Oct 2016
LEO Network
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Stage 3 Water Restrictions in Shawnigan Lake, BC
Shawnigan Lake, BC
20 Apr 2016
LEO Network
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Abundant Japanese Wireweed (
Sargassum muticum
)
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
3 Aug 2015
LEO Network
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Thousands of small seabirds wash up on West Coast in die-off mystery
Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park
7 Jan 2015
CBC News
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Sea Otter
(Enhydra lutris)
Sighted at Possession Point, Southern Vancouver Islan
Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
1 Sep 2014
LEO Network
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Ocean acidity wipes out 10 million scallops near Qualicum Beach
Island Scallops Ltd., Vancouver Island, Canada
26 Feb 2014
Times Colonist
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B.C.'s Cowichan River in danger of drying up
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
2 Oct 2012
CBC News
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Brown Booby (
Sula leucogaster
) off Southern Vancouver Island, Canada
Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
29 Aug 2009
LEO Network
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Too Many Sea Otters?
Chesterman Beach, British Columbia, Canada
1 Sep 2004
The Tyee
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