CN Skeena Corridor Spray

Our campaign to protect the Skeena River estuary in Northern B.C. has seen success!

In autumn 2017 a massive pesticide application along the 150 km CN Skeena rail corridor resulted in numerous and extensive apparent violations threatening key habitat for spawning salmon. TBuck launched a campaign in response to ensure the law was appropriately enforced following CN’s dangerous pesticide application.

We are pleased that following a long thorough investigation CN Rail was fined $100,000 for failing to get authorization to spray in May 2021, and on September 25, 2021 CN pled guilty to violating the Fisheries Act in Prince Rupert court, and was fined $2.5 million.

TBuck would like to extend a big thank you to West Coast Environmental Law, and the UVIC Environmental Law Centre. Support from these organizations has been instrumental in our campaign.

Some documentation related to this campaign can be found below.

• Comment Submitted to CN on September 3rd 2018 by TBSEF and the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union - UNIFOR to Limit Pesticide Use to Reduce the Risk to Salmon Habitat and Human Health (also related Lab results - 2018)

• Expansion on Glyphosate Fate and Toxicity to Fish with Special Relevance to Salmon and Steelhead Populations in the Skeena River Watershed (Nov 2017) - Dr. Chris Kennedy

• Field Assessment Report and Background Review of CN 2017 Herbicide Application in the Skeena sub, Terrace to Prince Rupert, BC (Mar 2018) - Amanita Helena Cloosemans, Balanced Ecological Management Company

  • Attachment 1 - Chain of Custody

  • Attachment 2 - Photo Document: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

  • Attachment 3 - CARO Results Report

  • Lab results - Aug 2017