Invasive Species

• Invasive species lead to access restrictions in national parks in B.C., Alberta

  Staff will be monitoring the parks and anyone found breaking the rules could face a fine of up to $25,000.

  Canada

  Mar 20
  
• Okanagan stakeholders strategize on regional response to invasive species of mussels

  The Quagga and Zebra mussels were first introduced in the Great Lakes in 1988 and made their way west about 10 years ago.

  Canada

  Mar 8
  
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• At $10K per deer, critics question cost of Sidney Island eradication plan

  Parks Canada concluded the first phase in its plan to eliminate the European fallow deer population on Sidney Island this month.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2023
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• Zebra mussels found in Clear Lake, Man., raising concerns about spread of invasive species

  "I think this is a wake-up call," experimental lakes researcher Scott Higgins said. "Clear Lake is now the most western lake in Canada to be invaded with zebra mussel."

  Environment

  Nov 24, 2023
• DFO monitoring an invasive crayfish species found in N.S. lake

  An invasive species of crayfish has been found for the first time in Canada at a lake near Lower Sackville, N.S. and the DFO are now working to capture and detect them.

  Environment

  Oct 19, 2023
• New Brunswick group drops attempt to eradicate invasive fish in Miramichi watershed

  A controversial program to use a pesticide to get rid of invasive smallmouth bass in New Brunswick's Miramichi watershed is being abandoned.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2023
• B.C.’s wildfire crisis was forecast, but it arrived decades sooner than expected

  The warming and drying trend that began in the mid-2000s coincided with pine beetle outbreaks that left swaths of B.C.'s forests dead, dry, brittle and ripe for wildfire.

  Fire

  Sep 11, 2023
• UTRCA receives $10K in provincial funding to tackle harmful invasive species

  The $10,000 contribution from the Invasive Species Action Fund (ISAF) is going toward control measures against dog-strangling vine, Japanese knotweed and giant hogweed.

  Environment

  Aug 22, 2023
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• Canada-wide ‘Big Backyard Bioblitz’ helps conservation efforts

  The event is organized by the Nature Conservancy of Canada to help the agency collect information on wildlife and work toward preserving habitat for at-risk species.

  Features

  Aug 2, 2023
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• Volunteers wanted in Okanagan to monitor invasive mussels

  The Okanagan Basin Water Board is funding a project to monitor lakes in the Okanagan for invasive mussels through its ‘Don’t Move a Mussel’ campaign.

  Environment

  Jul 18, 2023