Pender Ocean Defenders

ByRaincoast Conservation Foundation 2015-07-042018-12-24 Events

Two older women and a young girl stand behind a table with information about marine mammals

Mae Moore and POD (Pender Ocean Defenders), one of our favourite conservation partners, at the Pender Island farmer’s market today.

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Two orcas head and tail visible in white waters on a foggy day

On the coast

Orca sighting on our way to work

2015-05-282018-12-24

We are so lucky to work in a place where we can see orcas on our commute!

A painting that looks like a photograph of two orca whales almost hugging half out of the water

Marine mammals

Help us save the whales

2017-10-272019-02-13

This week we published new research that shows a 25% chance that the Southern Resident killer whales could be lost within the next 100 years. Lost forever. We also identified what their recovery…

A sunny view around where the water quality testing was happening in Chilliwack. A mountain rises in the background, while in the foreground people stand and sit on two wooden docks which extend into the water - on one, three people are fishing with rods.

In the News

Les géants de la mer: les grandes baleines

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Les grandes baleines sont les merveilles de nos océans! Peter Ross partage ses connaissances sur ces espèces, les menaces auxquelles elles sont confrontées, et la nécessité de les protéger.

An audience of movie goers sitting in the Bob Wright Centre at UVic

Events

Directly Affected Victoria premiere tonight

2014-11-192018-12-24

Full house at University of Victoria Bob Wright Centre for DirectlyAffected Victoria premiere tonight! Directly Affected is Raincoast Conservations’s new short film…