Raincoast in the news, 2025
Check out our 2025 news media hits.
Scientists map recovery for endangered orcas off British Columbia’s coast
Coast Reporter
Brenna Owen
2025 07 07 …
Scientists map recovery for endangered orcas off British Columbia’s coast
Financial Post
Brenna Owen
2025 07 07 …
Scientists map recovery for endangered orcas off British Columbia’s coast
North Shore News
Brenna Owen
2025 07 07
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Scientists map recovery for endangered orcas off British Columbia’s coast
Financial Post
Brenna Owen
2025 07 07
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Scientists map recovery for endangered orcas off British Columbia’s coast
Coast Reporter
Brenna Owen
2025 07 07
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Orcas Are Offering “Gifts” to Humans – But What Does It Mean?
Dive Mag
2025 07 …
Dave Scott, Raincoast Conservation Foundation & U. of British Columbia
Pacific Salmon Foundation
2025 06 25 …
The U.S. planned to restore grizzlies to the North Cascades. Trump’s return brings uncertainty to that plan
The Globe and Mail
Nathan Vanderklippe
2025 06 23
…“I knew that wasn’t common,” said Mr. Paquet, a lifelong Canadian conservationist. “So I watched her for a while, maybe an hour or so. And she watched me a bit. Then
These dolphins have orca ‘friends.’ They may have an ulterior motive.
National Geographic
Joshua Rapp Learn
2025 06 18 …
These dolphins have orca ‘friends.’ They may have an ulterior motive.
National Geographic
Joshua Rapp Learn
2025 06 18 …
16% of Fraser River water quality impacted by wildfires, finds study
Business In Vancouver
Stefan Labbé
2025 06 17 …
The secret wolf pack
Rewilding Magazine
Zack Metcalfe
2025 06 12
…“They’re a sensitive species,” said Greer, who is wolf conservation program director at the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, a charitable non-profit conservation science organization active across the Pacific Northwest. “Put anything novel in
As Ontario dismantles endangered species protections, here’s how little it will cost to recover them instead
World Wildlife Fund
Emily Giles
2025 06 03
…We used a decision-making tool called Priority Threat Management (PTM), developed by Dr. Tara Martin and her team at UBC, which takes costs, benefits and feasibility into consideration.
Trust staff deny Baker Beach permit
Gulf Islands Driftwood
Robb Magley
2025 05 28 …
The BC Conservation & Biodiversity Awards celebrate the 2025 Award recipients and their important conservation-based initiatives in British Columbia
Yahoo Finance
BC Conservation and Biodiversity Awards
2025 05 26 …
The BC Conservation & Biodiversity Awards celebrate the 2025 Award recipients and their important conservation-based initiatives in British Columbia
BC Conversation and Biodiversity Awards
2025 05 26
…The 2025 Award recipients are:
- Raincoast Conservation Foundation to monitor the effectiveness of Killer Whale sanctuary zones in the South Gulf Islands
- Raincoast Conservation Foundation to support the Tsleil-Waututh and Katzie First
Bear with us: Grizzly reintroduction to North Cascades stalls
Cascade PBS
Connor Zamora
2025 05 25 …
Bear Witness
University of Victoria
2025 05 23 …
Trophy hunting as a conservational strategy?
Medium
Keerthana Raveendra, Amey Durbha and Sukruti Srinidhi
2025 05 20
…The study by Dr Chris Darimont, Dr Peter C. Paquet and Dr William J. Ripple shows that although trophy hunting generates short term financial gains, the environmental benefits are
Comox Valley Naturalist Society presents talk from Tal Engel
Comox Valley Record
Comox Valley Record Staff
2025 05 17 …
Whistler Institute & Whistler Lakes Presents: Melting Glaciers, Healthy Watersheds & You
Whistler Institute
2025 04 17 …
Whistler panel explores how melting glaciers shape future water quality—from mountaintop to ocean
Pique News Magazine
Liz McDonald
2025 04 15
…Joining the panel is Dr. Peter Ross, senior scientist and co-founder of the Healthy Waters program. Ross will shift the lens downstream, highlighting how pollutants from roads, yards and even windshield washer
Southern Resident Killer Whale Calf J63 Spotted Alive as Population Still Stuck at 74
Karmactive
Govind Tekale
2025 04 11 …
‘Sign of hope’ for endangered killer whales as research centre confirms newborn calf
CBC News
Brenna Owen
2025 04 09 …
‘Sign of hope’ for endangered killer whales as centre confirms newborn calf
City News
Brenna Owens
2025 04 08 …
‘Sign of hope’ for endangered killer whales as centre confirms newborn calf
City News
Brenna Owen
2025 04 08 …
‘Sign of hope’ for endangered killer whales as centre confirms newborn calf
Lethbridge News Now
Brenna Owen
2025 04 08
…Conservation groups including the David Suzuki Foundation, Raincoast Conservation Foundation and World Wildlife Fund Canada decried the decision, saying existing measures have “proven inadequate” to protect the whales from threats that range
The Controversy Over Trophy Hunting in Africa
HubPages
Rupert Taylor
2025 03 27 …
Wieso tragen Orcas „Lachs-Hüte“ auf dem Kopf?
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Von Christopher Meltzer
2025 03 27 …
Bird flu: How to handle & dispose of dead birds
WSBT-TV
Cicily Porter
2025 03 18 …
“SEA WOLVES” with Chris Darimont
The Fur Real Podcast
Mark A Kyle
2025 03 18
City of Toronto to hire specialized team to use ‘adapted aversion techniques’ on Liberty Village coyotes
City News Toronto
Dilshad Burman
2025 03 18 …
B.C. projects get $7.6M in federal funding for restoring aquatic ecosystems
Times Colonist
Jeff Bell
2025 03 13 …
Feds promise $5.3M for 3 marine restoration groups on Vancouver Island
Chek News
Adam Chan
2025 03 12 …
Canada Bolsters BC’s Aquatic Ecosystems With AERF
The Mirage
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
2025 03 11 …
The Government of Canada works to protect British Columbia’s aquatic ecosystems through projects under the Aquatic Ecosystems Restoration Fund (AERF)
Government of Canada
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
2025 03 10 …
Feds refuse protection order for southern resident orcas, rejecting ministers’ advice
980 CJME
The Canadian Press
2025 03 07 …
Government declines to issue emergency order, putting southern resident killer whales at greater risk
CISION
2025 03 07
…This disappointing decision follows the government’s own acknowledgement on Nov. 29, 2024, confirmed by Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans and Environment and Climate Change Canada, that southern resident killer whales face imminent threats to their survival
Government declines to issue emergency order, putting southern resident killer whales at greater risk
The Globe and Mail
2025 03 07 …
Climb stairs, help whales and the environment
Squamish Chief
Jennifer Thuncher
2025 03 05 …
Canada moves to declare ‘forever chemicals’ toxic, plans nationwide phase-out
Business Intelligence for B.C.
Stefan Labbé
2025 03 05
…The minister’s comments came after the release of the federal State of PFAS Report, a wide-ranging government analysis of a large body of science investigating the impacts of the chemicals, including
Wolves Reintroduced Themselves to America
Nautilus
Kevin Berger
2025 02 24
…I spoke to Canadian biologist Paul Paquet, who has been tracking and studying wolves since the ’70s in Canada. His many scholarly articles and books reveal him to be a pioneer in wolf research.
MERS Master’s Night
Mersociety
Ali Gladwell and Joan Moreaux
2025 02 19 …
Federal ministers sued over lack of action on endangered orcas
Prince Albert Daily Herald
Rochelle Baker
2025 02 07 …
Research illuminates growing extinction threat for southern resident orcas
The Daily World
Lynda V. Mapes
2025 02 06 …
Indigenous knowledge helps explain bird population changes in Canada’s BC
Mongabay
Jane Palmer
2025 02 03 …
Valeria Vergara: A mother’s grief, a population on the brink
Vancouver Sun
Valeria Vergara
2025 02 03
…Tahlequah is grieving. Hour after hour, day after day, she clings to the lifeless body of her newborn. She carries her calf through the cold waters of the Salish Sea, lifting it to
Research illuminates growing extinction threat for southern resident orcas
The Seattle Times
Lynda V. Mapes
2025 02 03
…The endangered southern resident killer whales that visit Puget Sound were listed for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act 20 years ago this year.
Federal ministers sued over lack of action on endangered orcas
Cortes Currents
Rochelle Baker
2025 02 01 …
Two federal cabinet ministers sued over delay in protecting B.C.’s orcas
The Globe and Mail
Ainslie Cruickshank
2025 01 31
…The conservation groups are now asking the Federal Court to order the ministers to recommend cabinet issue an emergency order under the Species At Risk Act or declare the ministers’ delay
Orca advocates sue federal ministers over lack of action on endangered whales
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News
Rochelle Baker
2025 01 31
…“We’re not doing a good job of reducing the threats to an extent that can promote their recovery.”
The southern residents are already listed as endangered under the Species at Risk
Killer Whale “John Coe”: The Loneliest Killer Whale in the World
Marine Tours
No Date
…The trouble with the pod that John Coe belongs to is that from DNA analysis of former deceased pod members [ “LuLu” in Tiree, Scotland, 2016] it appears that the West Coast Community are an isolated
Mountain sentinels in a changing world – new study describes weather and climate impacts on alpine wildlife
UVIC
2025 01 31
…“Their thick white coats are important for surviving in the mountains most times, but they can’t simply take them off on a hot summer day – heat and physiological stress are increasingly important issues”, said wildlife
Multiple conservation groups sue Feds over delay in protecting Southern Resident killer whales
Capital Daily
Robyn Bell
2025 01 30
…An assessment last fall from the ministries determined that SRKW face imminent threats for survival—a determination that would direct the ministers to recommend an emergency order to increase legal protections for the whales
Canada sued over delay in protecting endangered killer whales
Business Intelligence for B.C.
Stefan Labbé
2025 01 28
…Six environmental groups are suing two federal ministers over a delay in issuing an emergency-order recommendation to protect B.C.’s endangered killer whale population.
The legal action, filed Monday at a Vancouver