Ah autumn – cooler weather, brilliant colours, shorter days and the heady scent of the earth as it prepares itself for winter. The change in seasons brings with it the chance to witness one of nature’s more poignant spectacles – the salmon run. Each year, in rivers and waterways across BC, thousands upon thousands of …
In 2011, BC Parks launched its Long-term Ecological Monitoring, or LTEM, project. This project is designed to measure environmental change over a long period of time. Parks provide relatively pristine areas in which to do this, and can teach us a lot about how the environment responds to climate change. Our LTEM plots measure either …