Help us take the next step in safeguarding Coastal Carnivores. We now need to raise a $100,000 deposit for a fifth commercial hunting licence covering the iconic Kitlope Conservancy and surrounding area. Acquiring this tenure …
Are you concerned for the survival of Southern Resident killer whales? Now is the time for your input. You can submit a response to the Federal Survey on Southern Resident killer whales. Raincoast scientists have …
Save the whales, submit comments before May 3, 2019 Read more »
A coastal wolf. Still unprotected. What if we could safeguard them and all coastal carnivores? What would that be worth in the broadest sense? Stay on track with our conservation efforts. 📷 Photo Credit: Florent Nicolas
Join us online on April 18th to find out from an expert panel including Misty MacDuffee, Michael Jasny from the Natural Resources Defense Council, and…
Asher Weinerman and CLJ Games have created a board game, inspired by the desire to save species from extinction. It’s based on the complex human and nonhuman animal relationships to the forest. It’s called Forestation, …
Forestation, an environmental board game helping humans understand conservation Read more »
Juvenile salmon! Again today we are out sampling this time at our west breach and again we are seeing exactly what we hoped!
Within a month juvenile salmon – including Harrison Chinook – are already making their way over the breach we have created in the Steveston Jetty! This project will benefit all juvenile salmon…
SUCCESS! Today we tried sampling one of our jetty breaches for the first time and in 45 minutes caught dozens of juvenile Chinook and chum salmon moving through the breach and into the safety of …
Managing salmon for wildlife typically focuses on providing enough biomass, a measurement of the total kilograms of spawning salmon available. We asked whether biomass-and the number of salmon species-might affect salmon consumption by black bears …
Bear-salmon interactions: species diversity matters (infographic) Read more »
Thank you to Shaw Community Link for having Ross Dixon and Chris Darimont on to speak with Elizabeth Heinz about the campaign to stop commercial trophy hunting in the Nadeea tenure and in the Great …
Safeguarding Coastal Carnivores, with Ross Dixon & Chris Darimont Read more »
Caught our first juvenile salmon of the season this weekend! We found dozens of these little chum salmon fry in the North Arm of the Lower Fraser River yesterday, the first juvenile salmon of the …
First day of field work for the season! How cold is it Noah? 3 degrees! 😯 still happy to be out here!
From the original Raincoast scientist – Misty MacDuffy – to the majority of our lab team @universityofvictoria and board members – Maureen Gordon and JJ Woodland – women continue to play a leading role in …
Day 5 of restoration! We are working on the third of three breaches of the Steveston jetty and should be finished tomorrow!
Restoration in action! Working on the first of three jetty breaches in Steveston!
Today’s recommendation by the National Energy Board for approval of the Trans Mountain tanker and pipeline proposal was no surprise. Unfortunately no mitigation measures can protect the Southern Residents from the noise of the increased …
National Energy Board Approval of Trans Mountain Proposal Read more »
Today we placed a grid of small pvc pipes in the area to monitor changes in the area where we expect channels to form on Sturgeon Bank following the construction of our Jetty breaches! Stay …
Fraser Connectivity Project: Construction Starts Monday! Read more »
