bear

Conservation Foundation

Photography

2020-12-242020-12-23

We have always been committed to wildlife welfare ethics.

Wet brown grizzly bear walks on rocks in shallow water

Safeguard Coastal Carnivores

Almost halfway there

2020-02-242020-03-22

Great news! We have now raised over $250,000 towards the $650,000 needed to acquire the Kitlope commercial trophy hunting tenure...

Sparrow sits among the white rigging of a boat

Achiever

Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Achiever in the Great Bear Rainforest

2020-01-272020-02-14

A grizzly bears strolls an estuary walled by granite cliffs down which countless waterfalls drop hundreds of feet, as if straight from the clouds. The jet black dorsal fins...

A black bear framed in sunlight looks off left of camera, with an expressive face, standing in water up to its legs with the rocky shore visible behind it.

Raincoast research

New publication on “supporting resurgent Indigenous-led stewardship” to advance conservation

2020-01-192020-01-20

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...

A sun rise over the ocean with a boat silhouette in the foreground.

Raincoast research

En route to Haíłzaqv Territory

2019-05-052019-06-03

All smiles travelling up to Haíłzaqv Territory for another year of collecting bear hair.

Looking up a dock with boats moored at the sides with a wood and green house at the end of the dock.

A blurry photo of a woman with hoodie and sunglasses smiling from behind her jacket.

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Bear illustration and flaura and fauna: illustration by Lauren Henson

Salmon Carnivore Project

Bear monitoring season wraps up; paying homage

2018-06-112018-06-12

As the bear monitoring season wraps up, paying homage to our noninvasive hair snag stations, and all of the flora and fauna that play an important role in building our sites, filling our field days, and gathering those crucial wisps …

Events

Frank the tank

2018-02-082019-12-17

Meet Frank the tank. You can also come and meet his photographer John E Marriott this February with Raincoast in Victoria, 20th Feb at University of Victoria with Society of Geography and in Vancouver at...

Spirit Bear

2016-06-072018-11-22

by Susan Duplan

Bear with forelegs on tree sniffing a sign left by Raincoast researchers

Salmon Carnivore Project

Raincoasts’ non-invasive bear research

2016-06-062019-01-07

"Let's see now, what have we here? Caution please do not disturb, mmm-hmm research project, yep, on .... BEARS!?". Reading this sign was likely the only stressful part of this bear's participation...