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Lesley Evans Ogden

Lesley Evans Ogden is a freelance multimedia journalist based in the verdant suburbs of Vancouver, Canada, where she is a settler on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nations. Earning a doctorate in ecology before crossing a career bridge to science communication, Lesley is captivated by the natural world and its stories. She writes about science internationally for print, web and television with her words and photography featured by outlets including the New York Times, BBC, ARTE and CBC. Follow her on Twitter @ljevanso

Lesley Evans Ogden's Latest Articles

Scales of Reference

By Lesley Evans Ogden

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March 11, 2021

Collected at the tail end of British Columbia's "silver fever," hundred-year-old salmon scales are now helping conservation scientists reconstruct and better manage the populations of one of Canada's most important fish.