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'Swarm of earthquakes' rattle off B.C.'s coast, no tsunami expected
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
11 Jul 2024
British Columbia
Event
Massive ocean sunfish spotted off Vancouver Island
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
13 Sep 2023
Vancouver Island
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Tapioca disease in pink salmon
Kelsey Bay
2 Aug 2023
LEO Network
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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
Event
'We have NEVER documented this before': Tofino tourism operator witnesses killer whales attacking humpback
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
11 Mar 2022
CHEK
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Encouraging signs in Huu-ay-aht rivers, despite salmon declines elsewhere
Anacla 12, British Columbia, Canada
1 Mar 2022
Ha-Shilth-Sa
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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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Decrease in Prawn Abundance of Desolation Sound
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
3 Sep 2021
LEO Network
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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
'Once in a millennium': Record-breaking rogue wave measured off Vancouver Island
Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada
17 Nov 2020
CTV News-Vancouver Island
Event
Fisherman snags barracuda off Vancouver Island in rare encounter
Alberni Inlet, Vancouver Island, Canada
13 Jul 2020
Port Alberni Valley News
Event
Velella velella Strandings in Tofino
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
19 Apr 2020
LEO Network
Event
Gooseneck Barnacles
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
14 Apr 2020
LEO Network
Event
BC Hydro reservoirs see record low rain across Vancouver Island
Puntledge River, Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada
6 Dec 2019
Victoria News
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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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Tofino fish farms reporting mass die-offs due to harmful algae
Herbert Inlet, British Columbia, Canada
20 Nov 2019
CTV News
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Young Beaver
(Castor canadensis)
a Long Way from Nearest Known Beaver Pond
Somewhere North of Courtenay
4 Oct 2019
LEO Network
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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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Sea Lice Plagues Return and Threat to Wild Salmon Increases
Clayquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada
11 Jun 2019
The Tyee
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Dead and dying salal plants ‘everywhere’ along the coast
Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
10 May 2019
My Campbell River Now
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Salal plant dying across Vancouver Island
Menzies Mountain, Vancouver Island, Canada
4 May 2019
CHEK
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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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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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Black-tailed Gull
(Larus crassirostris)
in Lund/Powell River
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
13 Sep 2018
BC Rare Bird Alert
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Common Ringed Plover
(Charadrius hiaticula)
in Campbell River
Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
5 Sep 2018
BC Rare Bird Alert
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Northernmost American Bullfrog
(Lithobates catesbeianus)
Observation on iNaturalist
Inland Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
21 Aug 2018
iNaturalist.org
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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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Farmed Atlantic Salmon Virus Linked to Disease in Chinook
Okisollo Channel, British Columbia, Canada
7 May 2018
The Tyee
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Shifting species composition of sealions at Hornby Island
Flora Islet, British Columbia, Canada
8 Apr 2018
LEO Network
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Sperm whale in the Salish Sea
Johnston Strait
10 Mar 2018
OrcaSound
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Ahousaht Harbor: Swimming Hole Monitoring
Ahousaht, British Columbia, Canada
6 Dec 2017
LEO Network
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Chordgrass (
Spartina
sp.) eradication at Goose Spit
Goose Spit Regional Park, Comox, British Columbia, Canada
5 Dec 2017
LEO Network
Event
Paper Mill Dam: Swimming Hole Monitoring
Paper Mill Dam, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
25 Nov 2017
LEO Network
Event
What's That We're Hearing? Sea Otters in the Salish Sea?
Cortez Island, British Columbia, Canada
15 Nov 2017
BC Seakayak
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Atlantic salmon arrive in French Creek -- Not in a good way!
French Creek, British Columbia, Canada
10 Sep 2017
Fisherynation.com
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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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B.C.'s coastal sea star population in increasingly hot water
British Columbia, Canada
24 Aug 2017
CBC News
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Bumper harvest as herring return to Strait of Georgia in great numbers
French Creek, British Columbia, Canada
5 Mar 2017
Vancouver Sun
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Thousands of Dead Red Rock Crabs (
Cancer productus
) on Beach
Denman Island, British Columbia, Canada
30 Dec 2016
LEO Network
Event
Unusual Turbidity in Sarita River
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
3 Oct 2016
LEO Network
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Toxic algae blamed for die-off at 2 salmon farms in Clayoquot Sound
Millar Channel, British Columbia, Canada
13 Jun 2016
CBC News
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Hummingbird Sightings on the Sunshine Coast
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
27 Mar 2016
LEO Network
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Whales Are Dying Off North America’s West Coast
West Coast of Vancouver Island, Canada
14 Aug 2015
VICE News
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Abundant Japanese Wireweed (
Sargassum muticum
)
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
3 Aug 2015
LEO Network
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Bullfrogs threaten B.C. ecosystems
Southwestern British Columbia
21 Jul 2015
Canadian Geographic
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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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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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Latest IHN outbreak forces cull at Millar Channel fish farm
Millar Channel, British Columbia, Canada
10 Aug 2012
Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper
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Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) swallowing sand and pebbles
Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
14 Jan 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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‘Receding before our eyes:’ Vancouver Island glaciers likely to be all gone by mid-century
vancouversun
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‘A lot of salmon died’: Ahousaht Guardians look to watershed restoration amid B.C.’s dangerously dry summer
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
The Narwhal
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‘It’s pretty dire’: Vancouver Island salmon under threat from climate change-induced droughts
Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada
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