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Nature, Photography, Society, Streamkeeping, Sustainability

Soggy Burnaby Rivers Day

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It was a very soggy BC/World Rivers Day at the Burnaby Village Museum today. Thanks to all the volunteers!


Our Byrne Creek Streamkeepers Society booth


Byrne Creek Streamkeepers volunteers with Rivers Day founder Mark Angelo


Great chatting with Dannie, the Co-Existing with Coyotes Coordinator with the Stanley Park Ecology Society, who was in the booth next to ours.


Entertainment rain or shine!


Burnaby Councillor Joe Keithley on the left, Svend Robinson (former Canadian MP, running again in the upcoming election) to the right, and environmentalist, photographer, and First Nations educator John Preissl in the middle.


Sav Dhaliwal City of Burnaby councilor and chair of Metro Vancouver


Burnaby Mayor Michael Hurley


BC and World Rivers Day founder Mark Angelo

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American Kestrel that cannot be released back into the wild due to effects of injuries


Barred Owl that cannot be released back into the wild due to effects of injuries

Business, Photography, Society

Lucille Johnstone Workboat Parade at RiverFest in New Westminster

Lucille Johnstone Workboat Parade at RiverFest on the New Westminster waterfront today. Always a blast.

I admit as an environmentalist I wonder at all the fuel burned for fun, but the Fraser is a working river, and all these folks from tugs to SAR earn a well-deserved day of fun.

Their skill and professionalism are astounding.

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Rivers Day founder Mark Angelo

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New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote

Nature, Photography

Nuthatches, Chickadees at South Burnaby Feeder

They’re still at it, cleaning out our feeder a couple of times per day. The chickadees appear to be better at flight control than the nuthatches, but occasionally get into spats, too.

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I need to remember the histogram display — it’s hard to see if highlights are blown out when you’re viewing on a small screen outdoors, but display the histogram for a shot and it’s clear what’s happening with the exposure.

Fishing, Nature, Photography, Streamkeeping

SEHAB Site Visit to Bonaparte Fishway

SEHAB site visit to see the repairs being done to the damaged Bonaparte Fishway in the BC interior.

Quite the project in a difficult area to access and work in! The fishway enables passage for fish to about 120 kilometers of river upstream of these rapids.

SEHAB is the Salmonid Enhancement and Habitat Advisory Board to Fisheries and Oceans Canada. These volunteers meet three times a year to gather comments and advice from stewardship groups across BC and share them with DFO Regional HQ.

sehab site visit bonaparte fishway bc

Nature, Photography, Streamkeeping, Travel

SEHAB site visit to Tsútswecw Provincial Park (Roderick Haig-Brown)

SEHAB site visit to Tsútswecw Provincial Park (Roderick Haig-Brown) today. Thanks to Dave Smith and others for meeting us there and doing a walkabout.

SEHAB is the Salmonid Enhancement and Habitat Advisory Board to Fisheries and Oceans. These volunteers meet three times a year to gather comments and advice from stewardship groups across BC and share them with DFO Regional HQ.

SEHAB site visit to Tsútswecw Provincial Park Roderick Haig-Brown