Achiever
Youth education during COVID
Shifting learning online during the pandemic
The Salish Sea Emerging Stewards Program S1 E11
Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Achiever in the Great Bear Rainforest
Empowering youth leadership
The Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program is based on the idea of consilience – the convergence of principles from different disciplines to form a comprehensive theory. In this case we seek to weave academic, scientific, and Indigenous perspectives on stewardship …
Hakai Institute was on Achiever monitoring water flow from icefields to the ocean
Beach clean-up with Surfrider Vancouver Island
We’re stoked to be hosting a beach clean-up with @surfridervi.
August 24
11am-1pm
Lekwungen Territory/Victoria – Ross Bay
As Raincoast Director of Science, Dr. Chris Darimont noted during the Groundswell film screenings with @Patagonia, surfers are likely the …
Excursions with Achiever
Our research vessel, Achiever, just returned from an amazing trip. Here’s an excerpt from Raincoast Education Associate, Nathaniel Glickman’s dispatch about the trip:
“Situated at the mouth of an unlogged watershed, Koeye camp is what I believe to be the …
15 years and Achiever is still going strong
Over the past 15 years, the Achiever has helped to enable the research efforts many groups and performed extensive work ranging from population estimates and data collection of fin whales, killer whale ecotypes, and humpback entanglement probabilities. She has worked …
Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program
Ever wondered what it’s like in the Great Bear Rainforest?
Ever wondered what’s it’s like in the Great Bear Rainforest?
Each spring and fall we visit commercial hunting tenures that we have now acquired with Coastal First Nations.
The territories of our partners are also home to Spirit bears, black bears, grizzly bears …
Since Achiever’s re-launch in 2006, our research vessel has traveled…
Humpback whales sighting
A chance to win a trip for two into the Great Bear Rainforest.
Raincoast features from our blog: Notes from the Field and Conservation Updates
At the shipyard
2018 shipyard aboard Raincoast Conservation research vessel “Achiever” is complete! With coats of primer and paint applied, a few new ball valves, a shinned up prop and few other upgrades, Achiever is back in the water. A big thanks to …
Ship Shape
Raincoast Conservation research vessel “Achiever” going through its annual maintenance period. Hauled out at Stones Marina and thank you Nanaimo Yacht Charters for paint and Transport Canada inspection.
…Happy New Years Eve from Achiever!
A snowy end to 2017! With Raincoast Conservation Research vessel Achiever tucked away for the winter, it was a pleasant surprise to see her decks white with snow instead of sea spray. Happy 2018!…
Exercise Salish Sea
The Gulf Islands were abuzz today as #BCEX17 day one of two were taking place. The exercise is the largest in Canadian Coast Guard history. The Achiever was not invited to participate……
Reaching 10,000 hours
10,000 hours and going strong! Raincoast Conservation Research vessel Achiever hitting a milestone this fall from her tireless efforts of conservation science, youth engagement, media, and funder trips. Seems fitting to hit the milestone during a stormy fall day.…
Sighting coastal wolves
Coastal wolves separated from their inland cousins thrive with the rich biodiversity that the ocean produces. Traveling throughout the Great Bear Rainforest aboard Raincoast Conservation research vessel Achiever I never know when I will catch a glimpse of these amazing …
Nick Sinclair, skipper of our research vessel Achiever
Haunted Vessels
She made the cover! Raincoast Conservation research vessel Achiever on the cover of this months Pacific Yachting. She is not a haunted ship of the Graveyard of the Pacific but does continue to ply coastal waters for Raincoast’s continuous efforts …