The B.C. Parks Foundation (BCPF) made a major Agassiz-area purchase in the name of conservation. The foundation purchased 35 hectares of land along the “Heart of the Fraser River” so it can be protected and restored to its natural state. The purchase includes an 80-kilometre stretch of riverfront along the mighty Fraser between Mission and Hope; “The Heart” sustains…
Efforts are ramping up in both the Canada and the US to remove the defunct Enloe Dam on the Similkameen River which flows through both British Columbia and Washington state. WRD Chair, Mark Angelo, who first paddled the full length of the Similkameen in the 1970’s, recounts these efforts in the following CBC story. .cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/enloe-dam-removal-mark-angelo-1.5806039
Mark Angelo recently returned to England to paddle the section of the Thames through greater London. Mark has traveled the river many times and he first paddled the Thames with his now wife, Kathie, 45 years ago. On their first trip down the river all those decades ago, the Thames was largely a dead river due to extensive pollution…
Friends of the Chicago River celebrated a big milestone on September 16, 2017: elected officials from every level of government joined our Executive Director, Margaret Frisbie, and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Commissioner Josina Morita in jumping in the river and splashing around! The event, the Big Jump, was organized by Friends and Commissioner Morita, to highlight our collective…
While fishing Mongolia’s Eg River, Mark releases a Eurasian giant trout, or taimen, the world’s largest salmonid (which includes both trout and salmon). Once found over large areas of Russia, Mongolia, and China, taimen are threatened by overharvesting and habitat destruction. These fish are fierce predators that sometimes chase their prey in packs, a practice that earned them the…
“We headed toward the river this morning and it was chaotic to say the least. Most of the streets were closed to car traffic and packed with millions of pedestrians heading to Kumbh Mela for the last of the main bathing days. It took us an hour and a half to walk the last 1.5 km. The loud speakers…
The B.C. Parks Foundation (BCPF) made a major Agassiz-area…
Efforts are ramping up in both the Canada and…
Mark Angelo recently returned to England to paddle the…