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Climate Change is Decimating Some BC Salmon Populations

Episode Summary

Heatwaves, drought, and ever-growing demands for water on Vancouver Island are putting immense pressure on B.C salmon stocks, and in some cases, causing mass die-offs of salmon. And it all has to do with that all too familiar spectre looming over our daily lives and casting our ecosystems into crisis: climate change. We hear from two salmon experts about the threats facing the keystone species, and what needs to be done to help avoid catastrophe.

Episode Notes

Heatwaves, drought, and ever-growing demands for water on Vancouver Island are putting immense pressure on B.C salmon stocks, and in some cases, causing mass die-offs of salmon. And it all relates to that all too familiar spectre looming over our daily lives and casting our ecosystems into crisis: climate change. We hear from two salmon experts about the threats facing the keystone species, and what needs to be done to help avoid catastrophe.

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