[BCFSN] [IFS] Fwd: Pinks run news

Mon Aug 31 22:39:07 EDT 2015

Thank you for sharing Jen! It's great to appreciate when something is going
well, just as it is important to be realistic about the serious issues we
are facing in our relationships to the salmon and the water.

Dawn Morrison,

BC Food Systems Network
Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
C/O 555 East 55th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C, V5X 1N6
Mobile: 778.879.5106
Email: dmo6842 at gmail.com
Website: www.indigenousfoodsystems.org

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Jen McMullen <mcmullen.j at gmail.com> wrote:

> I went out to the Tsolum this morning and there are so many running up. It
> was spectacular to see them jumping over the rapids in groups of 10 or
> more. Seeing their fins surface and dive in the deeper parts of the river
> in between the rapids was incredible as well.
>
>
> Thanks, Jen
>
>
>
> Jen McMullen
> --
> Fire Trail Farm
> Master's of Dispute Resolution
> Pacific Northwest Plant Knowledge Cards
> http://www.indigenousfoodsvi.ca/pacific-northwest-plant-knowledge-cards/
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Cheryl Thomas <cheryl.thomas24 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Good news that the Pinks are back ( i hope) - up our way i've been
>> noticing the change in the water levels with my eyes for years - people in
>> authority 'say' that the snow pack - whatever - are not down - but with our
>> eyes we can see the truth.  We must change.
>> Cheryl
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 11:44 PM, Dawn Morrison <dmo6842 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you Jen for reminding us of the threat of the drought....I have
>>> been hearing about bizarre behaviour of the animals coming in large numbers
>>> into places where they don't normally habitat. I like to think that the
>>> large number of pink salmon are because they are thriving and not because
>>> they simply have no where else to go.
>>>
>>> Tough times ahead with the water issue! The UN has issued a report
>>> warning about the tipping point of 15 years before climate chaos, and only
>>> 2 years to radically chart a different path and reduce our carbon emissions
>>> drastically...time to slow down everything and stop using so much energy
>>> and consuming so much of everything!  If not now, then when?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dawn Morrison,
>>>
>>> BC Food Systems Network
>>> Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
>>> C/O 555 East 55th Avenue
>>> Vancouver, B.C, V5X 1N6
>>> Mobile: 778.879.5106
>>> Email: dmo6842 at gmail.com
>>> Website: www.indigenousfoodsystems.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 8:06 PM, Jen McMullen <mcmullen.j at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I live right on the Tsolum and you can see the fry swimming around in
>>>> the shallow swimming hole. Water levels are an additional concern for the
>>>> survival of the salmon and the Tsolum is very low, but they seem to be
>>>> thriving! Incredibly, there were also salmon spawning in the nearby Milman
>>>> Creek, but it has dried up because of the drought, so those fish were lost.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Jen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jen McMullen
>>>> --
>>>> Fire Trail Farm
>>>> Master's of Dispute Resolution
>>>> Pacific Northwest Plant Knowledge Cards
>>>> http://www.indigenousfoodsvi.ca/pacific-northwest-plant-knowledge-cards/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Dawn Morrison <dmo6842 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> HI All,
>>>>>
>>>>> While we face some serious issues impacting our wild sockeye salmon,
>>>>> the forwarded message below holds promise for restoring numbers. It's good
>>>>> to appreciate good news!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you to Sharon Niscak, Secwepemc representative of Upper Island
>>>>> Women of Native Ancestry Society.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dawn Morrison,
>>>>>
>>>>> BC Food Systems Network
>>>>> Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
>>>>> C/O 555 East 55th Avenue
>>>>> Vancouver, B.C, V5X 1N6
>>>>> Mobile: 778.879.5106
>>>>> Email: dmo6842 at gmail.com
>>>>> Website: www.indigenousfoodsystems.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Sharon Niscak <springwalk2 at yahoo.com>
>>>>> Date: Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 9:18 PM
>>>>> Subject: Pinks run news
>>>>> To: Dawn Morrison <dmo6842 at gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Dawn,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thought you would like a positive note:
>>>>>
>>>>> 2.  Good news:  The pinks are coming up the Tsolum in the thousands.
>>>>> This is a remarkable success because 2 years ago the Tsolum River Society
>>>>> made a decision to not hatche the pinks in the hatchery, but to let them
>>>>> reproduce naturally in-stream.  So this is the first "native" generation of
>>>>> pinks since 1964.  Salmon speciate fairly rapidly.  If they can repeat this
>>>>> miracle for five generations then they may constitute a population specific
>>>>> to The Tsolum.  I attach some pictures from this morning for your pleasure.
>>>>>
>>>>> Enjoy,
>>>>>
>>>>> Comox Valley,
>>>>>
>>>>> (this is from post of the president of Comox Valley Nature)
>>>>>
>>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>> Sharon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Cheryl
>> *Food for thought...*
>> "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of
>> others." - Mahatma Gandhi
>>
>> http://norththompson.ca/
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