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Impact assessments, fisheries protections and species-at-risk legislation are not administrative inconveniences; they are safeguards designed to manage environmental risk before damage occurs. (Fengkai Liu/Unsplash)

Canada’s infrastructure projects could damage Pacific salmon habitats

Biodiversity policies fail because governments lack the safeguards, accountability mechanisms and political commitment needed to implement them consistently.
Chinook salmon try to jump a closed gate at a fish hatchery. Supercaliphotolistic/iStock Images Plus via Getty Images

California’s salmon fishery is reopening after a population crash led to a 3‑year closure, but that doesn’t mean all is well

Salmon have faced a boom-bust cycle for years. Making their recovery last longer will require some big changes, including how hatcheries produce fish.
Trees burned by wildfires in Flin Flon, Man., in June, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Deal-Pool

New research highlights how wildfires are harming fish

Research shows that wildfires are causing more debris, sediment and chemicals to enter waterways, harming fish and other aquatic life.
Mahonia bealei, also known as Beale’s barberry or leatherleaf mahonia, is invasive but still sold for landscaping. HQ Flower Guide via Wikimedia Commons

From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers

The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
Coho salmon at a fish farm on Jan. 24, 2025, in Auburn, N.Y. A growing body of evidence shows that tire additives are contaminating ecosystems. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Car tires are polluting the environment and killing salmon. A global plastics treaty could help

Tires are complex chemical products. When they wear away, they release additives into the environment that can poison wildlife.
A spawning salmon jumps as water flows over a small dam that has trapped fall leaves during the fall spawning season at the Issaquah Fish Hatchery in Issaquah, Wash., in October 2019. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Habitat loss and over‑exploitation are leading to a decline in salmon populations

Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened and degraded environments in the world. The way we use the land surrounding waterways can have devastating impacts on aquatic life.

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