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Massive ocean sunfish spotted off Vancouver Island
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
13 Sep 2023
Vancouver Island
Event
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
Event
Encouraging signs in Huu-ay-aht rivers, despite salmon declines elsewhere
Anacla 12, British Columbia, Canada
1 Mar 2022
Ha-Shilth-Sa
Event
Chinook salmon returning in surprising numbers to Cowichan River
Cowichan River
29 Sep 2021
CHEK
Event
The wall lizard invasion of Vancouver Island
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
27 Sep 2021
Macleans.ca
Event
Sea cucumber die-off near Vancouver Island
Dolphin Beach, British Columbia, Canada
28 Aug 2021
CBC
Event
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
Arbutus trees under stress on Gabriola Island
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
1 Apr 2021
LEO Network
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
Southern resident whales returning later to Salish Sea in ‘drastic’ change
Strait of Georgia
1 Jul 2020
Times Colonist
Event
Juvenile grey whale caught on camera in Nanoose Bay
Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Canada
25 Apr 2020
CTV 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
Event
Victoria broke its record for driest November in more than 25 years
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
3 Dec 2019
Vancouver Island
Event
Tofino fish farms reporting mass die-offs due to harmful algae
Herbert Inlet, British Columbia, Canada
20 Nov 2019
CTV News
Event
Hybrid salmon discovered by scientists on Vancouver Island
Cowichan River, British Columbia, Canada
12 Oct 2019
CBC
Event
Young Beaver
(Castor canadensis)
a Long Way from Nearest Known Beaver Pond
Somewhere North of Courtenay
4 Oct 2019
LEO Network
Event
Hypothermic tropical sea turtle rescued from waters near Port Alberni
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
3 Oct 2019
Times Colonist
Event
Declining Snow and Summer Rain in the Alberni Valley
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
17 Sep 2019
LEO Network
Event
Invasive Asian giant hornets found on Vancouver Island
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
11 Sep 2019
CTV News
Event
Lake water to be pumped into B.C. river due to severe drought
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada
27 Aug 2019
CBC
Event
Sea Lice Plagues Return and Threat to Wild Salmon Increases
Clayquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada
11 Jun 2019
The Tyee
Event
It’s spring, but B.C. is sounding the alarm on drought
British Columbia, Canada
11 Jun 2019
Port Alberni Valley News
Event
Rare white ‘ghost orca’ spotted near Nanaimo
Northern Strait of Georgia
29 May 2019
Global News
Event
Extreme weather sparks large die off of Cedar on Vancouver Island
East Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
15 May 2019
CHEK
Event
Climate change effects obvious on Cowichan River, wildfire season
Cowichan River, British Columbia, Canada
13 May 2019
Cowichan Valley Citizen
Event
Dead and dying salal plants ‘everywhere’ along the coast
Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
10 May 2019
My Campbell River Now
Event
Trees Broken, Uprooted, Toppled by Wind
Beaufort Picnic Area, Cameron Lake, British Columbia
19 Apr 2019
LEO Network
Event
Windstorm and Widespread Forest Blowdown
Whisky Creek, British Columbia
10 Jan 2019
Port Alberni Valley News
Event
Hurricane force winds recorded near Tofino
Lennard Island Lighthouse, British Columbia, Canada
22 Dec 2018
CHEK
Event
Dangerously high levels of Red Tide found in bivalve shellfish on B.C. coast
Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
1 Nov 2018
Global News
Event
Three new humpback whales identified off east Vancouver Island
Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada
30 Oct 2018
CHEK
Event
Black-tailed Gull
(Larus crassirostris)
in Lund/Powell River
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
13 Sep 2018
BC Rare Bird Alert
Event
Common Ringed Plover
(Charadrius hiaticula)
in Campbell River
Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
5 Sep 2018
BC Rare Bird Alert
Event
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
Event
White-winged Dove
(Zenaida asiatica)
in Port Renfrew
Port Renfrew, British Columbia, Canada
22 Aug 2018
Event
Northernmost American Bullfrog
(Lithobates catesbeianus)
Observation on iNaturalist
Inland Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
21 Aug 2018
iNaturalist.org
Event
Thick smoke in the Alberni Valley, lasting days
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
15 Aug 2018
LEO Network
Event
Ship Creek Almost Dry
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
7 Aug 2018
LEO Network
Event
'Red tide' algal blooms appearing around B.C. coastal waters
Coastal Waters, British Columbia, Canada
18 Jul 2018
CBC News
Event
European Starlings
(Sturnus vulgaris)
invaded our neighborhood and city
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
29 May 2018
LEO Network
Event
Old-growth logging in Nahmint Valley
Nahmint Valley, British Columbia, Canada
26 May 2018
CHEK
Event
California Quail
(Callipepla californica)
Expanding Poleward
24 May 2018
LEO Network
Event
Shifting species composition of sealions at Hornby Island
Flora Islet, British Columbia, Canada
8 Apr 2018
LEO Network
Event
Vancouver Island cholera outbreak 'a unique situation,' health officials say
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
25 Mar 2018
Vancouver Sun
Event
Cholera found in herring eggs from Oceanside area
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
23 Mar 2018
NanaimonewsNOW
Event
Ahousaht Harbor: Swimming Hole Monitoring
Ahousaht, British Columbia, Canada
6 Dec 2017
LEO Network
Event
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
Wednesday's warm weather record-breaking in Duncan
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
24 Nov 2017
Cowichan Valley Citizen
Event
What's That We're Hearing? Sea Otters in the Salish Sea?
Cortez Island, British Columbia, Canada
15 Nov 2017
BC Seakayak
Event
Atlantic salmon arrive in French Creek -- Not in a good way!
French Creek, British Columbia, Canada
10 Sep 2017
Fisherynation.com
Event
Wildfire smoke leads to weather alert on Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
5 Sep 2017
Victoria News
Event
Dry Koksilah River threatens fish in Cowichan Valley
Koksiloh River, British Columbia, Canada
5 Sep 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
Event
Juvenile Pacific herring (
Clupea pallasii
) in southern coastal BC
Southern BC Waters
2 Sep 2017
LEO Network
Event
B.C.'s coastal sea star population in increasingly hot water
British Columbia, Canada
24 Aug 2017
CBC News
Event
Victoria Day heat a 10-year Duncan high
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
25 May 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
Event
No assurance that water in Cowichan River now will help with summer drought
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada
5 Apr 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
Event
Bumper harvest as herring return to Strait of Georgia in great numbers
French Creek, British Columbia, Canada
5 Mar 2017
Vancouver Sun
Event
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
Event
Increasing Sea Surface Temperature at Entrance Island
Entrance Island, British Columbia, Canada
19 Sep 2016
LEO Network
Event
Large school of post-larval California anchovy (
Engraulis mordax
)
Trincomali Channel, Valdes Island
23 Aug 2016
LEO Network
Event
Toxic algae blamed for die-off at 2 salmon farms in Clayoquot Sound
Millar Channel, British Columbia, Canada
13 Jun 2016
CBC News
Event
Increased Spread of Japanese Knotweed
Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
23 Apr 2016
LEO Network
Event
Hummingbird Sightings on the Sunshine Coast
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
27 Mar 2016
LEO Network
Event
Abundant Japanese Wireweed (
Sargassum muticum
)
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
3 Aug 2015
LEO Network
Event
Bullfrogs threaten B.C. ecosystems
Southwestern British Columbia
21 Jul 2015
Canadian Geographic
Event
Big Mama and the return of the humpback whales to the Salish Sea
Salish Sea
17 Jun 2015
Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly
Event
Thousands of small seabirds wash up on West Coast in die-off mystery
Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park
7 Jan 2015
CBC News
Event
Ocean acidity wipes out 10 million scallops near Qualicum Beach
Island Scallops Ltd., Vancouver Island, Canada
26 Feb 2014
Times Colonist
Event
B.C.'s Cowichan River in danger of drying up
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
2 Oct 2012
CBC News
Event
Latest IHN outbreak forces cull at Millar Channel fish farm
Millar Channel, British Columbia, Canada
10 Aug 2012
Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper
Event
Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) swallowing sand and pebbles
Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
14 Jan 2009
LEO Network
Event
Too Many Sea Otters?
Chesterman Beach, British Columbia, Canada
1 Sep 2004
The Tyee
Event
‘Receding before our eyes:’ Vancouver Island glaciers likely to be all gone by mid-century
vancouversun
Event
‘A lot of salmon died’: Ahousaht Guardians look to watershed restoration amid B.C.’s dangerously dry summer
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
The Narwhal
Event
‘It’s pretty dire’: Vancouver Island salmon under threat from climate change-induced droughts
Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada
The Narwhal
Event
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