BC Stream Watchers Link ‘Unprecedented’ Coho Salmon Kill to Tire Toxin and Drought

BC Stream Watchers Link ‘Unprecedented’ Coho Salmon Kill to Tire Toxin and Drought
Volunteers for the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society examine a dead coho salmon found near the mouth of Brothers Creek in West Vancouver, B.C., in late Oct. 2023. The Canadian Press/HO-West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society
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John Barker has been volunteering with the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society for more than 20 years and says he’s never seen anything like it, dozens of coho salmon, pre-spawn and silvery, looking fresh from the sea, dead at the mouth of Brothers Creek.

“When you have a loss like this, it’s devastating,” said Mr. Barker.