Help fill out this government survey on orcas by March 23
Here is some positive action you can take while social distancing. There is currently a government survey…
Bold recommendations to help recover salmon habitat
Our new report Toward a Vision for Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser River sets bold recommendations to address the loss of salmon habitat that has been identified as a key factor in…
Raincoast’s Emerging Stewards program
Raincoast’s Emerging Stewards program is designed to help inspire a new generation of conservation leaders in the Salish Sea. Recently…
The Supreme Court of Canada announced today that it will not hear a set of legal challenges to help the Southern Resident killer whales
Breaking News: The Supreme Court of Canada announced today that it will not hear a set of legal challenges to the federal government’s re-approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline project, including…
Report just released: Toward a Vision for Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser River
Swimming toward a vision for salmon in the lower Fraser River – today we released our Toward a Vision for Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser report. From community…
Staqeya: the lone wolf at the edge of its ecological niche
“In May 2012, a lone wolf (Canis lupus) appeared in Victoria, British Columbia (BC), Canada, a metropolitan area on the southern tip of Vancouver Island with a population of 365,000 …
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Port of Vancouver expansion set to destroy estuary habitat
The Port of Vancouver is proposing to expand the existing terminal at Deltaport doubling its capacity to offload containers through the creation of a 108-hectare berth in the heart of the Fraser River estuary at Roberts Bank…
Almost halfway there
Great news! We have now raised over $250,000 towards the $650,000 needed to acquire the Kitlope commercial trophy hunting tenure…
Spirit bears
Spirit bears are a valuable symbol of the Great Bear Rainforest. Protecting both spirit bear and black bear habitat is essential because…
Gulf Islands Forest Project
We launched the Gulf Islands Forest Project to characterize forest health, identify measures to protect forest habitat and promote ecosystem resilience at a time of rapid climate change. By most standards…
All about Achiever
Our dedicated research vessel, Achiever, is a Transport Canada certified 68 ft. steel hulled sloop that operates seven months a year on the BC coast. Achiever is…
New peer-reviewed paper released
Against the backdrop of British Columbia’s recent consideration of UNDRIP into legislation, and conflict between Canada and Indigenous Nations/hereditary leaders over pipeline development (e.g. Coastal Gas Link and Trans Mountain projects), this week we published…
Show your love this Valentine’s day
Raincoast has a deep commitment to all the wildlife of BC’s Coast, including the Southern Resident killer whales. We have been using science, legal action and public engagement to…
Buy a limited edition print from the Coastal Carnivores photography exhibit – help fund Kitlope tenure purchase
In winter 2018 the Coastal Carnivores photography exhibit showed at the Karen Cooper Gallery (Vancouver), Robert Bateman Centre (Victoria) and the Audain Art Museum (Whistler). Now the last piece…⠀
Ambitious habitat restoration project
In March of 2019, we began phase one of an ambitious habitat restoration project in the Fraser River Estuary. We created three 50m breaches in the Steveston Jetty…
Federal Court of Appeal dismisses challenge to Trans Mountain
Today the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Squamish Nation…
Our old growth forests
B.C.’s old growth forests are critically important ecologically, economically and culturally – and are typically between 200 to 2,000 years in age. These ecosystems are in crisis…
Raincoast’s applied research
Although the Raincoast lab is known for its work on grizzly, black, and Spirit bears, we also conduct applied research on other organisms. Our general rule of thumb is to work on…
Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Achiever in the Great Bear Rainforest
A grizzly bears strolls an estuary walled by granite cliffs down which countless waterfalls drop hundreds of feet, as if straight from the clouds. The jet black dorsal fins…
Bear hair as a research tool
Lauren Henson of the Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab at University of Victoria uses bear hair to research population structures of grizzly and black bears from the interior of B.C. to the coast. She just wrote an article…
Orcas in danger of extinction, but recovery is possible
For over 10 years, Raincoast has been using science, public education and the courts to try and protect Canada’s endangered population of salmon-eating Southern Resident killer whales. With their salmon stocks in decline…
Help us purchase the Kitlope tenure
With the support of our First Nation partners, Raincoast now owns commercial trophy hunting rights in an area of over 33,000 square kilometers, across the Great Bear Rainforest. That’s an area larger than Vancouver Island. Our long term goal…
Coastal wolves still hunted for trophies
Coastal wolves are among the wildlife that are still trophy hunted in B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest. Our goal is to permanently stop this. Raincoast currently owns…
New publication on “supporting resurgent Indigenous-led stewardship” to advance conservation
A new publication discusses how conservation actions to safeguard biodiversity could be advanced through partnerships with, and leadership of, resurgent Indigenous governments. This new open access study…
Friend of Raincoast, Eric Sambol
Raincoast is fortunate to work with several amazing photographers. This year we wanted to pay special tribute to Eric Sambol. Eric’s images have been key in a number of our …
Marine operations
The past year saw Achiever and crew as busy as ever with research projects, monitoring visits to our hunting tenures in the Great Bear Rainforest, and playing a central role in our …
Empowering youth leadership
The Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program is based on the idea of consilience – the convergence of principles from different disciplines to form a comprehensive theory. In this case we …
