Skeena

[ skee-nuh ]

noun

1. a river in W British Columbia, Canada, flowing S and SW to the Pacific Ocean. 360 miles (579 km) long.

Example Sentences

“That was made possible through a viable and thriving ecosystem and, within our society, a trade system with other nations,” says Jesse Stoeppler, deputy chief of the Hagwilget First Nation and co–executive director of the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition who was not involved with the research.

From Science Magazine

EPA documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that even with minimal data available, agency staff members have flagged the potential for exposure to chemicals in salmon caught not just in the Columbia but also Washington's Puget Sound, British Columbia's Skeena and Fraser rivers, and California's Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.

From Salon

Khot said his team plans to collect data on Bing and Skeena varieties in 2022-23 during all six stages of cherry growth, from flowering to post-harvest.

From Seattle Times

“Our bread-and-butter sources of declining lake clarity are pretty well understood,” said Allison Oliver, an ecologist at the Skeena Fisheries Commission in western Canada who studied how rivers and creeks delivered murky sediment to Lake Tahoe after the 2007 Angora Fire.

From Washington Times

A few cherry varieties received a disproportionate amount of damage: Bing and Skeena, two red-fleshed cherry varieties, and the popular Rainier.

From Seattle Times