Replicable & Scalable Ideas

Creating new narratives for how to live well in Salmon Nation

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Replicable & Scalable Ideas

Creating new narratives for how to live well in Salmon Nation

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A field worker wearing an orange hard hat sits on a mossy log in front of a large, hollow tree base in a dense forest.

Forestry, Environment

November 3, 2026

On Haida Gwaii, Logging Took The Trees That Bears Called Home. Now, The Haida Nation Is Building Them New Dens.

The Haida Nation is crafting artificial dens from stumps to shelter coastal black bears for the upcoming winter, while hoping the effort doesn’t become an excuse for clear-cutting to continue unchecked.

By: Sonal Gupta

An aerial view of a wide river crossed by a steel truss bridge, surrounded by forested town areas.

Salmon, Coastal Communities/Marine, From Magic Canoe, Video

October 28, 2026

Watch: ‘The Salmon Roundtable: Collaboration as Stewardship’

This short film showcases what a responsible salmon harvest can look like when stakeholders work toward collective abundance.

By: Benjamin Hazel

Environment, Forestry, From Magic Canoe, Indigenous Leadership

October 23, 2026

How Wildfire Can Bring Us Closer to the Land 

First Nations ecologist and professor Dr. Jennifer Grenz works with the Indigenous Ecology Lab to advocate for traditional burning practices. 

By: Cameron Fenton

An aerial view of an engineered log jam constructed with timber and roots sitting in clear, shallow river water over a gravel bed.

Salmon, Environment

October 22, 2026

The Helicopter-Powered Quest to Save Salmon in B.C.

An ambitious restoration project in Tla-o-qui-aht territory is using engineered logjams to rebuild salmon habitat in the degraded Tranquil Creek watershed.

By: Zoë Yunker

A truck picking up compost for Stswekstem.

Indigenous Leadership, Environment, What Works

October 7, 2026

The Indigenous-Led Waste Facility That’s Helping the Earth

Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc created a bright future from a hazardous landfill.

By: Josh Kozelj

Chasing Light At The End Of The World

Follow photographer Owen Perry on his journey through Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site

Words & Photography by:
Owen Perry
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From Magic Canoe

A public comment period closes soon on a plan to rescind protections for 45 million acres of wildlands, endangering recovery for salmon and hundreds of other species.

By Tara Lohan

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Lance McMullan setting up a water turbine.

The Tyee/What Works

The startup’s underwater turbines are designed to power isolated communities along the coast.

What Works

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Collective learning

The most comprehensive assessment of Indigenous Guardians programs to date has just been released, outlining the enormous scale of benefits to communities, First Nations, and the bioregion.

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