With the COVID-19 affecting normalcy around the world, we, along with our Coastal First Nation colleagues, have decided to cancel the field work this season.
Swimming toward a vision for salmon in the lower Fraser River - today we released our Toward a Vision for Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser report. From community...
Against the backdrop of British Columbia’s recent consideration of UNDRIP into legislation, and conflict between Canada and Indigenous Nations/hereditary leaders over pipeline development (e.g. Coastal Gas Link and Trans Mountain projects), this week we published...
Although the Raincoast lab is known for its work on grizzly, black, and Spirit bears, we also conduct applied research on other organisms. Our general rule of thumb is to work on...
Lauren Henson of the Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab at University of Victoria uses bear hair to research population structures of grizzly and black bears from the interior of B.C. to the coast. She just wrote an article...
A new publication discusses how conservation actions to safeguard biodiversity could be advanced through partnerships with, and leadership of, resurgent Indigenous governments. This new open access study...
One of the most important characteristics of science is its ability to improve understanding about the natural world. Often that means questioning ‘established’ knowledge. For years, we have advocated for increased allocation of salmon for …
Tracking Raincoast details our achievements and future plans, it also identifies our whole Raincoast family, 32 people in all. From our research associates to our administrators, scientists, communications professionals, mariners, and educators, all play a vital role. Similarly, it’s you, …
The Wuikinuxv people in Rivers Inlet have shared a riverbank – a home and a fishery – with bears for thousands of years. Of primary concern to their coexistence with bears is ample salmon.
An extensive study about the impact of human development on wolves across boreal ecosystems was just released as an open access paper in Ecology and Evolution. Authors include Raincoast’s Paul Pauquet...
Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab has launched a multi-year research project to understand if ecotourism has any effects on bear presence, numbers, and behaviour. Kate Field, researcher with Raincoast conservation and PhD student...
Next week Riley Finn, Raincoast Research Associate and University of BC MSc student in the Conservation Decisions Lab, will be giving a @wildresearch Seminar Series Talk.
He will discuss the importance of the lower Fraser River to salmon populations, …
New research suggests that trophy hunters are willing to pay more money for larger-bodied carnivores. Research from the Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab...
As part of BC Bear Day (this Sunday in North Vancouver) you can view a fantastic collection of wildlife photography that will, of course, include BC Bears...
We’re going to be in North Vancouver at the Pipe Shop in Lower Lonsdale on Sunday. It’s a stunning space and we’re going to have a great day. There’s free family events all day from 11am to 4pm and then …
The Fraser River estuary supports a multitude of fish species, and is a crucial habitat for juvenile salmon from throughout the Fraser watershed. Currently however, more than 70% of the rearing habitat...
“This summer, while BC’s lower mainland has seen a marked uptick in the number of black bears killed, the same appears to be true across the province. Living on the North Shore and in the Lower Mainland, it’s been difficult
In the Fraser Estuary with Raincoast Conservation doing more field samples to see if the 3 breaches they made in the Steveston Jetty were helping young salmon access marshy habitats (hint: they were!!!!)…
