Since today (March 22) is World Water Day, it seems a good time to not only celebrate our water wealth but also to think more deeply about water issues.
The port is not the only development threatening the farm fields and internationally significant wetlands of the delta, but it is the major driving force.
A significant portion of the Gulf Islands is a national park reserve. Now it is time to protect the ocean waters around them with a marine conservation area.
The Fraser River delta’s designation as a UN “Wetland of International Importance”, or “Ramsar Site”, was welcome news to conservationists. It has taken 40 years.
Barn swallows are birds with a long history of associating with people. But this once common and familiar bird has suffered drastic declines in population in recent decades.
Western sandpipers are just one of 50 shorebird species that visit the Lower Mainland, some migrating in flocks of thousands, others traveling in small groups.