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DESCRIPTION:Continuing the legacy of Buck Suzuki in protecting BC salmon ha
 bitat\n \n Admission: free\n \n Intergenerational Room 105\n \n David Lane
  will be talking about the work of Buck Suzuki during the 1960s and 1970s 
 in protecting B.C. salmon habitat and rallying fellow commercial fishermen
  to help in conservation effort. He will talk about the formation of the T
 . Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation in 1981 and its work protecting mar
 shes\, streams\, rivers and ocean waters that salmon depend on. Current th
 reats to wild salmon include loss of streamside vegetation from urban deve
 lopment and logging\, pesticide runoff\, industrial pollution along the Fr
 aser River\, sewage pollution\, diseases from salmon farms and potential i
 mpacts from increased oil tanker traffic on the coast.\n \n David Lane is 
 the Executive Director of the T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation and 
 is the Environmental Director for the United Fishermen and Allied Workers 
 Union. In both capacities he has worked on successful campaigns on environ
 mental issues relating to fish habitat protection ranging from salmon farm
 ing\, poor logging practices\, pulp mill pollution\, sewage pollution\, hy
 droelectric developments and urbanization.\n \n The T. Buck Suzuki Environ
 mental Foundation was founded in 1981 by the United Fishermen and Allied W
 orkers Union to focus the volunteer efforts of those in the commercial fis
 hing industry to help with conservation of salmon habitat and ocean migrat
 ion routes. It was named after Buck Suzuki\, a long-time UFAWU activist an
 d executive member who was instrumental in bring public attention to the n
 eed to protect marshlands and riparian habitat essential to maintaining he
 althy salmon runs for future generations in the 1960s and 70s.
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SUMMARY:Speakers Series: T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation
URL:/en/events/2013/02/07/speakers-series-t-buck-suzuki-environmental-foun/
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