Bamfield Field Course

I'm half-way through teaching a 3-week course in Bamfield, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. This field station is owned by 5 western Canadian universities, including Simon Fraser University. My course, "Terrestrial and Freshwater Conservation" is being taken by 18 enthusiastic students from these universities. Our activities have ranged from assessments of physical and biological characteristics of streams to plant and bird identification in old-growth forests. Incredibly, we've had sunny weather every single day - which must be some sort of record for this region!

John and the Cohen Commission

This week John was named to the Science Advisory Committee of the Cohen Commission. This judicial enquiry is looking into the decline of Fraser River Sockeye. John was interviewed about this live on two CBC radio stations. The six committee members will be advising the Commission about the potential causes of the steep decline in productivity of many of the stocks and options for recovery.

New website!

Welcome to our new website. This blog will keep people up to date on our research into ecology and conservation.