Tracking Raincoast to be released soon
This month, we release our annual report, Tracking Raincoast. Tracking Raincoast features highlights from the year and a first glimpse of what we have planned from 2020. It is also …
Conservation Foundation
Canada’s Pacific salmon industry withdraws from Marine Stewardship Council certification
There have been many headlines this year about extremely low salmon runs across B.C. This month, Canada’s Pacific salmon industry announced that…
Thousands around the world participating in climate action for Climate Week
This week thousands around the world are taking part in Climate Week and standing for climate justice. We all share the responsibility to…
Expertise in Salmon Conservation? We’re Hiring!
We’re hiring! If you have expertise in salmon conservation we are looking for a coordinator of our Lower Fraser Salmon Conservation program. Over the past four years, Raincoast has been actively engaging community members in the Lower Fraser …
Seeking Raincoasters
Beyond coastal wildlife we are always searching for more Raincoasters to join us in our conservation efforts. ⠀⠀Monthly supporters help provide the financial foundation for our work. If there is …
Job opportunity – Lower Fraser Salmon Conservation Program coordinator
Given the importance of habitat to Fraser River salmon, and the intensity of development pressures in the Lower River and estuary, Raincoast has initiated a Lower Fraser Salmon Conservation Program. …
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Hatcheries Failing Chinook
More salmon hatcheries will NOT help killer whales or chinook… In B.C. and Washington State, fishery managers, legislators, the sport fishing industry and even the whale watching industry have advocated …
Returning to Court for the Killer Whales
We’re headed back to court for killer whales. ⠀⠀Last week we announced that we are returning to court to challenge the federal government’s re-approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion …
Killer Whale Ice Cream
Killer Whale ice cream?! Yes please!! Killer Creamery just released their chocolate peanut butter, activated charcoal ice cream. They are donating all profits from sales to further our research and protection efforts …
Challenging the Trans Mountain Pipeline
BREAKING. Today Raincoast is returning to court with partners Ecojustice and Living to challenge the federal government’s re-approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. We contend that Cabinet failed to comply with its responsibility …
Thanks to Maple Leaf Adventures
2019 marks the second year of a decade-long $100,000 commitment from Maple Leaf Adventures to our research and conservation efforts on the BC Coast and, in particular, the Great Bear Rainforest. ⠀⠀As …
Next steps forward: Kitlope Tenure
This is Kitlope Lake. While the Kitlope is protected from logging, and the current ban protects grizzly bears from hunting, there remains unfinished business in the Kitlope. Until now, commercial …
From Climate Emergency to Trans Mountain Pipeline approval
Earlier today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his government’s re-approval of the project.⠀⠀The decision comes less than 24 hours after Members of Parliament voted to declare a national climate emergency.⠀⠀“In …
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Hope for Bill C-48
Bill C-48 is an act to regulate tankers that transport crude or persistent oil to or from terminals on B.C.’s north and central coast. Bill C-48 reduces the threat of …
Job opening: Outreach Assistant
Position Name: Outreach AssistantPosition Type: Full-time (30 hours per week)Wage: $15/hrDuration: 8 weeks (July 2 – Aug 23, 2019) – subject to slight changeLocation: Greater Victoria, BCDeadline for applications: May …
Forestation, an environmental board game helping humans understand conservation
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 …
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Fraser Connectivity Project: Jetty Breach 1/3
Restoration in action! Working on the first of three jetty breaches in Steveston!
Fraser Connectivity Project: Construction Starts Monday!
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 …
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Fraser Connectivity Project: Steveston Jetty
We are excitedly moving towards construction of 3 breaches of the Steveston Jetty to restore natural outmigration pathways for juvenile salmon which provide access to critical brackish marsh habitats!!
From Spirit bears and grizzlies to cougars and killer whales 2018 has been a year…
Which is your favourite? From Spirit bears and grizzlies to cougars and killer whales 2018 has been a year of many conservation wins for Raincoast and our partners up and …
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Yes – we were on a break
A little over a week ago we reached our fundraising goal for purchasing the Nadeea hunting tenure in the Great Bear Rainforest and the territories of our @coastalfirstnations partners. This is a …
We did it! Fundraising for the Nadeea tenure is complete
Yesterday was the day of reckoning. With online donations, cheques arriving in the mail, and match funding in place, we can now confirm that we’ve finally met our fundraising goal …
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National Energy Board hearings
Taken at the National Energy Board hearings last week for the Trans Mountain Pipeline which saw opposition from many people and Nations all up and down this coast.
End open net salmon farming in BC
Many things depend on wild salmon, yet they face a host of threats, including the disease and parasites from open-net salmon farms. You can add your voice…
Trans Mountain expansion poses unacceptable risk to Salish Sea
Is Canada’s national interest best aligned with a Texas pipeline company? The suggestion of bailing out U.S.-based Kinder Morgan and investing tax dollars to access public assets in a sunset industry…
2017 draws to a close
As 2017 draws to a close we have some things to celebrate, not least the end of grizzly hunting in British Columbia. If you are interested in what we have planned …
“What we need to manage is not wildlife but ourselves”
“What we need to manage is not wildlife but ourselves. Recognizing that many human activities have damaging effects on biodiversity and ecological communities, what should wildlife management…