Category: Conservation Foundation

A large black bear stands in the water with water droplets falling from their mouth and nose.

Conservation Foundation | Raincoast research

Double your impact, safeguard biodiversity, get a tax receipt

2022-12-152022-12-15

This giving season, we are so happy to offer you two opportunities to double the impact of your donation!

All donations to both the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure acquisition and our KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest initiative, will be matched …

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A look back on our impact in 2020

2021-04-182021-11-12

A look back on our impacts in 2020.

Blue sky with mountains and estuary in the background with two women doing research in the field.

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Happy International Women’s Day!

2021-03-082021-10-22

Happy International Women's Day!

Smiling face of Elder Wa’Xaid captured in a black and white photograph. He is wearing a cap, glasses and a jacket.

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Raincoast mourns Wa’Xaid, Cecil Paul Sr.

2021-01-022021-01-10

It is with extreme sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Wa’Xaid, Cecil Paul Sr., a hero lost to this world.

A brown grizzly bear seen head above water swimming in green water

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Thank you for your support in 2020

2020-12-312021-01-21

As 2020 closes and we reflect on the year, please accept our thanks and gratitude for your support, in whatever form it takes.

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Adapting for ecological resilience

2020-12-252020-12-24

Since 2017, Raincoast has been collaborating to explore pathways that foster long-term ecological resilience.

A grizzly bear standing on two legs looks through a large camera on a tripod by the river.

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Photography

2020-12-242020-12-23

We have always been committed to wildlife welfare ethics.

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Tracking Raincoast’s impact through 2020

2020-12-232021-01-21

These conservation efforts and our research have reached millions around the world. Tangible conservation success. 2020 was not all bad - let’s make 2021 even better.

Awesome aerial photograph of salmon moving towards ocean. Sockeye and chinook salmon are visible as clumps of small streaks in red and black over clear water and above cream white sand on river bottom. A narrow swath of blue cuts across the top of the photograph edging a green border with the sand.

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Support investments in nature and biodiversity

2020-08-122020-08-22

As we all work to emerge from the covid-19 pandemic, 235 organizations, including Raincoast and many of you signed a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau to emphasize that investments in nature and biodiversity can create jobs and contribute to an economic recovery and a sustainable future.

Aerial view of a stream stretching and winding through old growth green forest nestled under blue black mountains and a stormy sky

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New report on the disappearance of British Columbia’s old growth forests

2020-06-112021-09-20

A new report titled, B.C.'s Old Growth Forest: A Last Stand for Biodiversity found that the majority of British Columbia’s productive old-growth forests are gone, and the majority of the old growth remaining is slated to be logged.

Spirit bear stands at the topf of a small stretch of waterfalllooking at the white froth and green water while lush green forest and trees rise in the background

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Earth Day

2020-04-222020-05-02

On this Earth Day we celebrate the land, water and wildlife that we work to protect on British Columbia’s coast.

Sunlight breaks out through dary grey clouds as sunbeams fall onto a patch of green in between two dar grey looming peaks of a mountain range.

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Field work paused – wish we were there

2020-03-312020-05-02

During this period of grappling with Covid-19, stay home, take care and listen to the science.

A grizzly bear stands on their two hind feet to look closely at a camera and tripod bedside a river in the Kootenays.

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Our photography ethics policy

2020-03-242023-06-08

This new photography ethics policy will guide both our acquisition and use of photography, whether for use on our website, social media platforms, printed materials or other uses.

Brown bear standing head and shoulders above shallow green water holds pink salmon in its hand ready to be eaten

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Tracking Raincoast to be released soon

2019-12-122019-12-17

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 filled with incredible images from some of our favourite …

three salmon visible as gleaming bodies under water

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Canada’s Pacific salmon industry withdraws from Marine Stewardship Council certification

2019-10-162019-12-17

There have been many headlines this year about extremely low salmon runs across B.C. This month, Canada’s Pacific salmon industry announced that...

White polar bear curls up on itself with a few snowflakes drifting down in the foreground

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Thousands around the world participating in climate action for Climate Week

2019-09-272019-12-17

This week thousands around the world are taking part in Climate Week and standing for climate justice. We all share the responsibility to...

Two men with their backs to the camera lean through tall green grass to hold a net submerged in a river next to a small white motor boat on a cloudy day. There are two women working on the boat behind the men and the next as well.

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Expertise in Salmon Conservation? We’re Hiring!

2019-07-312019-08-13

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 ...

Chris stands in a black outfit looking out on meadow with a streak of waterline visible in the midground and mountains in the distance. It is a bright, sunny day.

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Seeking Raincoasters

2019-07-272019-08-02

Beyond coastal wildlife we are always searching for more Raincoasters to join us in our conservation efforts. ⠀
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Monthly supporters help provide the financial foundation for our work. If there is an amount that works for you to help …

Three chinook salmon swimming in green water with a rocky bottom. Light is filtering in from above the water.

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Hatcheries Failing Chinook

2019-07-202019-09-11

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 for increased production of hatchery chinook to “save” the critically …

A killer whale's head vertically emerging from the water.

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Returning to Court for the Killer Whales

2019-07-152019-07-22

We’re headed back to court for killer whales. ⠀
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Last week we announced that we are returning to court to challenge the federal government’s re-approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion with Living Oceans and Ecojustice.
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Why? …

A black icecream tub with an orca on it reads "Free Whaley" on a black backdrop.

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Killer Whale Ice Cream

2019-07-102019-07-22

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 of the Southern Resident Killer Whales! The ice …

An orca with head and dorsal fin above water and a large tanker in the background.

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Challenging the Trans Mountain Pipeline

2019-07-082019-07-22

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 to protect critically endangered Southern …

A sail boat on green-tinged water cradles between mountains covered with trees and snow.

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Thanks to Maple Leaf Adventures

2019-07-022019-07-22

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. ⠀
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As we now embark on efforts to …

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Next steps forward: Kitlope Tenure

2019-06-222019-06-28

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 guides have been bringing trophy hunters into this place.⠀
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