Fynley Kuijt

During the hot summer months, many of us take advantage of the Elk River to cool off, whether through swimming, wading or floating down the river. Although the river is still refreshing throughout the summer, we can all appreciate that it is warmer than during the freezing winter months. This begs...

The snow is melting, the birds are chirping, and for someone in the environmental sector, this means one thing: field season is here! This spring, the Elk River Alliance (ERA) is busy de-winterising level loggers, taking water level and flow measurements, and visiting our temperature loggers to...

Like many local kids, I spent my childhood splashing in the shallows of Elk Valley streams, looking for clay along the streambanks, and floating the river. However, I have never fished the Elk River–or anywhere in the Elk River Watershed for that matter. Any fish I saw came with the distorted view...