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 More than 80 percent of the marshlands in the urbanized Lower Fraser River have been lost to development, wetlands that are critical to juvenile salmon as they acclimatize to their future saltwater environment
 
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Urban Stream Protection

Urban development alters stream flows, reduces streamside vegetation and causes both stream torrents and summer low flows.

Urban development - housing developments, shopping malls, highways and industrial parks -  all can lead to significant negative impacts on fish habitat.

Wetlands are paved over and creeks are converted to culverts impassable to fish. Small streams dry up early in the spring when streamside vegetation is removed and groundwater is lost to pavement and stormdrains.

We have have been working since the late 1990s for better streamside protection in B.C and were successful - with the help of other conservation and streamkeeper groups - in winning streamside protection regulations covering all urban streams.

Those regulations have recently been changed to suit developer interests, but we will continue to monitor the outcome of the changes in the field to ensure proper protection for our urban streams.
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Along Your Shoreline Shorelines provide essential habitat for many plant and animal species. Protecting and enhancing these important corridors is important work. You can help protect your local shoreline.
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T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation
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