Coho Society’s Tent Talks – 2025

We have invited partners and members of our community who are interested in environment preservation to share some thoughts via Tent Talks.    This helps bring awareness to local issues and offers ways we can get involved to be responsible stewards to our environment.

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“Salmon Trivia Game”

Jim Shinkewski – Director, Grants and Community Programs, Pacific Salmon Foundation

“Salmon Life – History and Drivers of Change“

Samantha Rhodes – UBC Grad Student, Forest and Conservation Sciences

Tidepools Aquarium

Emma White
Senior Aquarist, Nicholas Sonntag Tidepools Aquarium
Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Education Coordinator, Sunshine Coast

“Environmental DNA Applications to Support Salmon Management”

Dr. Brock Burgess – Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

All net proceeds of the Coho Festival go to Coho Society of the North Shore who provide support to local organizations in river and stream enhancement projects that benefit the sustainability of salmon and other fish.