Salmon Stocks Likely to Diminish in B.C. This Year: DFO

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Chinook salmon. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

As Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced new federal action to bring back struggling Atlantic salmon on Canada's East Coast, a panel of DFO scientists on Canada's West Coast said the outlook for Pacific salmon has declined from previous years. Story here.

37 Million Bees Instantly Dropped Dead After Farms Started Spraying "Neonics" on Crops

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Honeybee on milkthistle plant. Photo credit: Fir0002
Dave Schuit, a honey-producer in Elmwood, Canada,  said that his farm lost 37 million bees almost immediately after a nearby farm began planting GMO corn and spraying neonics on their crops. Story here.

There’s Nothing Average About This Year’s Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’

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Jellyfish - said to be one of the few creatures able to survive & thrive in dead zones. Photo credit -  Dan90266

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its annual forecast for the size of the Gulf of Mexico “dead zone”—an area of coastal water where low oxygen is lethal to marine life. They say we should expect an “average year.” That doesn’t sound so bad, but as we wrote last year, the dead zone average is approximately 6,000 square miles or the size of the state of Connecticut. Average is not normal. Story here.

U.S. Coal Giant Owed Money to Canadian Climate Change Deniers

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A Canadian climate change denial group has popped up in a U.S. coal giant's bankruptcy proceedings that have lifted the curtain on the funding of a sophisticated continent-wide marketing campaign designed to fool the public about how human activity is contributing to global warming. Story here.

Large Herds in Remote Areas Raise Predation Risk

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Cattle sector looks at strategies to reduce animal losses, including guardian animals. Story here.

Winter Wheat Close to Fusarium Spray Window

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In addition to crop staging farmers should assess how much risk their crop faces before applying a fungicide. Story here.

Liz Makes More Sense in the House of Commons (No One Applauds)