Burnaby North — Seymour, bc

In Dec. 2014, a rock fall estimated at 50,000 cubic metres affected the Seymour River at the upstream end of the lower canyon. The debris from this slide raised the water level in the river some 10 metres, creating a blockage to downstream-migrating juveniles and upstream-migrating adult salmon. Mitigation efforts are under way to slowly blast away some of the rock and make the river passable. In the meantime, volunteers with the society have been physically catching returning salmon and steelhead at a specially made fish fence lower on the Seymour and trucking them up above the slide site.

Burnaby North—Seymour is considered to be at the epicentre of the debate over pipeline expansion, since the riding is slated to be the terminus for the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. The riding straddles the Burrard Inlet, which is expected to see a significant increase in oil tanker traffic, from five to 34 a month.