The relationship between bears, salmon and people in the Great Bear Rainforest
With our First Nations hosts and partners we monitor the relationship between bears, salmon and people in the Great Bear Rainforest. This is conservation science…
Forage fish: the little things matter
Forage fish – like this sand lance – are an integral piece of the Salish Sea ecosystem. Without them, marine birds, orca, seals and the ecosystem as a whole would not exist…
We work as guests of local First Nations
We are fortunate to work in many very beautiful places as guests of local First Nations. Our mission is to protect the land, water and…
Our latest book ‘At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast’
Our wildlife conservation work on the British Columbia coast includes birds like this sandpiper. We conducted extensive surveys over five years of marine mammal and marine bird distribution…
Thank you Nimmo Bay Resort
As most enjoy summer holidays we want to thank some of our supporters like Nimmo Bay Resort…
The ultimate cause of caribou decline in Alberta
Habitat loss and disturbance is the ultimate cause of caribou decline in Alberta. They need forests, not fences and wolf culls are not the solution…
Groundswell tour with Woodshed Films
Our friends at Patagonia let our people go surfing and surf California for the Groundswell tour with Woodshed Films. Tomorrow they’re helping us to ‘Save The Whales’…
The Southern Resident killer whale orca
The Southern Resident killer whale orca blackfish need immediate efforts to support their recovery. Take a look at our new video…
Characterizing habitat at our Fraser River sites
“165” Lia (@felinethropist) calls out the shoot density of sedges / vegetation cover in a 25cm by 25cm quadrant – characterizing habitat at our Fraser Salmon Project…
Conducting habitat surveys
Conducting habitat surveys to identify their characteristics in the Fraser River estuary, the Fraser Salmon Project surveys and catalogs the physical structure of banks…
This is what we just found
Last set: 2 sticklebacks, 16 juvenile sticklebacks, 4 sandlance, 49 juvenile sandlance, 117 juvenile shiner surf perch, 1 plainfin midshipman, 1 kelp perch, 16 shiner surf perch, 2 unidentifiable larval fish – This is what we just found.
This is a juvenile sand lance – a forage fish
This is a juvenile sand lance – a forage fish and a key component of the Salish Sea ecosystem…
Understanding the relationship between bears, salmon and people
We are working to understand the relationship of bears, salmon and people in the Great Bear Rainforest and the territories of our hosts and partner Coastal First Nations…
Raincoasts’ non-invasive bear research
“Let’s see now, what have we here? Caution please do not disturb, mmm-hmm research project, yep, on …. BEARS!?”. Reading this sign was likely the only stressful part of this bear’s participation…
Accidental photograph of a cougar
Our non-invasive research does involve some bycatch: Here we accidentally photographed a cougar while trying to study bears…
Site inspection by mama grizzly and cub
We just had a site inspection by a momma grizzly and cub. We were relieved they decided that our site was up to code…
Ten year refit for Achiever
There’s a hole in the boat, Dear Liza, Dear Liza! Captain Nick Sinclair peaks out from Raincoast conservation research vessel Achiever…