Near Courtenay

	Ocean / Sea	30
	Fish	19
	Unusual Range / Sighting	16
	Weather	13
	Death / Die-off / Decline	12
	Human Health	11
	Plants / Kelp	11
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	11
	Invertebrates	9
	Drought	8
	Marine Mammals	8
	Birds	7
	Extreme Temperature	7
	Land	7
	Microbes	7
	Sports / Recreation	6
	Unusual Size / Abundance	5
	Aquaculture	5
	Deformity / Disease / Injury	5
	Fisheries	5
	Food Security	5
	Air	4
	Cultural Impact	4
	Water Security	4
	Amphibians	3
	Extreme Wind	3
	Fungi	3
	Infestation	3
	Buildings	3
	Reptiles	3
	Seasonal Timing	3
	Air Quality	2
	Agriculture	2
	Unusual Animal Behavior	2
	Economic Impact	2
	Energy	2
	Insects	2
	Land Mammals	2
	Parasite	2
	Ice / Snow Change	2
	Pathogen	2
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	2
	Fire	2
	Algal Bloom	1
	Atmosphere	1
	Glacier Change	1
	Groundwater	1
	Harvest Change	1
	Livestock	1
	Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	1
	Pets	1
	Pollution	1
	Safety	1
	Sanitation	1
	Storm Surge	1
	Cyclone / Hurricane	1
	Transportation	1
	Vibrio parahaemolyticus	1

	January	3
	February	2
	March	6
	April	7
	May	8
	June	2
	July	3
	August	8
	September	9
	October	3
	November	5
	December	6

	2023	2
	2022	2
	2021	4
	2020	6
	2019	14
	2018	14
	2017	8
	2016	5
	2015	3
	2014	1
	2012	1
	2009	1
	2004	1

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	Spring	21
	Fall	17
	Summer	13
	Winter	11

Massive ocean sunfish spotted off Vancouver Island

Invasive goldfish seen swimming under ice at Okanagan pond

'We have NEVER documented this before': Tofino tourism operator witnesses killer whales attacking humpback

Encouraging signs in Huu-ay-aht rivers, despite salmon declines elsewhere

The wall lizard invasion of Vancouver Island

Sea cucumber die-off near Vancouver Island

More than 200 illegal fishing nets seized on Fraser River by fishery officers

Arbutus trees under stress on Gabriola Island

'Once in a millennium': Record-breaking rogue wave measured off Vancouver Island

Fisherman snags barracuda off Vancouver Island in rare encounter

Southern resident whales returning later to Salish Sea in ‘drastic’ change

Juvenile grey whale caught on camera in Nanoose Bay

Velella velella Strandings in Tofino

Gooseneck Barnacles

BC Hydro reservoirs see record low rain across Vancouver Island

Victoria broke its record for driest November in more than 25 years

Tofino fish farms reporting mass die-offs due to harmful algae

Young Beaver (Castor canadensis) a Long Way from Nearest Known Beaver Pond

Hypothermic tropical sea turtle rescued from waters near Port Alberni

Declining Snow and Summer Rain in the Alberni Valley

Invasive Asian giant hornets found on Vancouver Island

Sea Lice Plagues Return and Threat to Wild Salmon Increases

Rare white ‘ghost orca’ spotted near Nanaimo

Extreme weather sparks large die off of Cedar on Vancouver Island

Dead and dying salal plants ‘everywhere’ along the coast

Salal plant dying across Vancouver Island

Trees Broken, Uprooted, Toppled by Wind

Windstorm and Widespread Forest Blowdown

Hurricane force winds recorded near Tofino

Dangerously high levels of Red Tide found in bivalve shellfish on B.C. coast

Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) in Lund/Powell River

Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) in Campbell River

Northernmost American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Observation on iNaturalist

Thick smoke in the Alberni Valley, lasting days

Ship Creek Almost Dry

European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) invaded our neighborhood and city

Old-growth logging in Nahmint Valley

California Quail (Callipepla californica) Expanding Poleward

Farmed Atlantic Salmon Virus Linked to Disease in Chinook

Shifting species composition of sealions at Hornby Island

Vancouver Island cholera outbreak 'a unique situation,' health officials say

Cholera found in herring eggs from Oceanside area

Ahousaht Harbor: Swimming Hole Monitoring

Chordgrass (Spartina sp.) eradication at Goose Spit

Paper Mill Dam: Swimming Hole Monitoring

What's That We're Hearing? Sea Otters in the Salish Sea?

Atlantic salmon arrive in French Creek -- Not in a good way!

Wildfire smoke leads to weather alert on Vancouver Island

B.C.'s coastal sea star population in increasingly hot water

Bumper harvest as herring return to Strait of Georgia in great numbers

Thousands of Dead Red Rock Crabs (Cancer productus) on Beach

Unusual Turbidity in Sarita River

Toxic algae blamed for die-off at 2 salmon farms in Clayoquot Sound

Increased Spread of Japanese Knotweed

Hummingbird Sightings on the Sunshine Coast

Abundant Japanese Wireweed (Sargassum muticum)

Bullfrogs threaten B.C. ecosystems

Thousands of small seabirds wash up on West Coast in die-off mystery

Ocean acidity wipes out 10 million scallops near Qualicum Beach

Latest IHN outbreak forces cull at Millar Channel fish farm

Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) swallowing sand and pebbles

Too Many Sea Otters?

‘Receding before our eyes:’ Vancouver Island glaciers likely to be all gone by mid-century

‘A lot of salmon died’: Ahousaht Guardians look to watershed restoration amid B.C.’s dangerously dry summer

‘It’s pretty dire’: Vancouver Island salmon under threat from climate change-induced droughts