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Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation approves a record number of grants totalling over $750,000
April 4, 2014 - The Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation (ASCF) celebrated Earth Day this year with the announcement that grants totalling some $756,657 will be awarded to 53 projects slated for the 2014 season....

Volunteer profile: André St-Hilaire
March 4, 2014 - Meet André St-Hilaire, member of the Quebec Advisory Committee. St-Hilaire is a professor of environmental hydrology at INRS-ETE, a graduate school of the University of Quebec network. “My research focuses...

Eel River
March 4, 2014 - Reviving the social, cultural and spiritual relationship with Eel River It will take years to undo the cultural and ecological impact of a dam that was installed in 1963 on...

Bonaventure River
March 4, 2014 - Twelve young people got to play a special game of “Go Fish” last summer, and they didn’t even need a tablet, an Xbox 360, or a lowly deck of cards!...

Volunteer profile – Rosanne MacFarlane
February 4, 2014 - Meet Rosanne MacFarlane, the chair of the PEI Advisory Committee. MacFarlane has been a freshwater fisheries biologist with the province of PEI since 2003. “My job takes me from one...

River Exploits
February 4, 2014 - You know how frustrating it is to run into roadblocks when you’re trying to get somewhere? Think about how difficult it must be for wild Atlantic salmon whose very survival...

Escoumins River
January 4, 2014 - There are times when an obstacle can turn into an opportunity. That’s not usually the case when a dam blocks access to what were once fertile salmon grounds, except if...