Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition

08/17/2026

06/15/2026

Our second newsletter of 2026 is now live on Substack!

Volume 14 includes updates from the Coalition challenging the B.C. government’s decision regarding the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline, SWCC’s rafting programs, highlights from Skeena Energy Solutions & their internship program, fun things SWCC’s bioremediation crew has been up to, and more.

Read the full article on our Substack (subscribe to recieve posts straight to your inbox): https://swcc.substack.com/

06/10/2026

06/05/2026

You might see some familiar faces in this video!

Bioremediation is a powerful, nature-based response to ecological d...

06/04/2026

TSASWS is proud to offer a "Water & Salmon Art Call Out" for summer 2026!

✨️CALL FOR INDIGENOUS YOUTH ARTISTS✨️

Are you an emerging artist passionate about salmon and/or a deep relationship with water? To Swim And Speak With Salmon is commissioning one music/poetry piece and one visual art piece, each with a $2500 honorarium!

We are looking for Indigenous youth artists (under 35) to create powerful works that honour our salmon and/or water relatives and their spiritual, emotional and cultural significance.

What we are looking for:

🎼 1 music or poetry piece

🎨 1 visual of cultural art piece (eg, painting, regalia, carving, digital media)

🐟 Deadline: June 30th, 2026

🐟 Apply by emailing : [email protected]

🐟 Include: a brief concept description + samples of your work

This is an opportunity to share your voice, vision and connection to water and salmon through your art!

06/04/2026

Iron & Earth delivered a forum for Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth from the Upper Skeena and surrounding area on April 9th and 10th, 2026.

Hosted in collaboration with the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition and Skeena Energy Solutions, topics included trades, technology, land stewardship and climate action. Through hands-on exposure to clean energy technologies and skilled trades, the event aimed to empower youth in Northern British Columbia to see themselves as leaders in energy, climate, and community resilience, while centering Indigenous perspectives on land stewardship, energy sovereignty, and climate adaptation.

Photos taken in the Gitxsan community of Sik-E-Dakh, also known as the Glen Vowell Band.

06/02/2026

DYK: The roots (mycelium) of mushrooms such as blue oyster and turkey tail can filter out the toxic leftovers from fuel/oil spills, leaving behind healthy soil.

SWCC has partnered with Sik-E-Dakh to install myco-filters (mushroom infused sawdust tubes) around machinery parking, where oil and fuel runoff is more likely to effect the soil.

05/14/2026

Right now, hundreds of millions of baby salmon are making their journey from all the lakes, rivers and streams from the entire 54,432 square kilometres of the Skeena watershed to the Skeena estuary on Flora Bank near Lelu Island. The youth, more than 50 of them, from all over the watershed narrated this animation of what that migration looks like and what it means for salmon and their habitat during an ever changing climate. The final quote in this animation is from Simogyet Gwininitxw, Yvonne Lattie, who passed away May 6th, 2026. Her legacy lives on in her Wilp and her family and while we are heartbroken by her passing, we continue this work in her honour and in the honour of others who dedicated so much to protect the future health of this land for the generations yet to come. May the Skeena salmon always return with health and abundance.

Every spring, all the baby salmon from all across the Skeena watershed, migrate from their birthplaces to the ocean. They travel in giant groups to the Skeena estuary - where the river meets the ocean. It's here they transform from being a freshwater fish to a salt water fish. They adjust to tidal f...