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Salmon researchers from British Columbia are embarking on a three-year study to understand and help mitigate the cumulative threats affecting the vulnerable species in the province鈥檚 watersheds.

The Watershed Futures Initiative, which includes researchers from 丁香园AV, University of British Columbia and University of Montana, has  鈥� through the joint British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund 鈥� to tackle the combined impacts of logging, mining, urban development, agriculture, climate change and other factors on salmon.
 
While the devastating effect of these risks are studied in isolation, there is an urgent need to improve both the science and management of cumulative effects in B.C. to prevent a 鈥渄eath by a thousand cuts,鈥� according to project lead Jonathan Moore.

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