Despite the challenges of COVID-19, our research and restoration efforts in the Fraser River Estuary continued through 2020.
Now in year five, this work is helping us understand how the estuary supports millions of juvenile salmon in its different habitats …
On Oct 28th, 2020 we were happy to announce that we raised enough funds to purchase the Kitlope commercial trophy hunting tenure in Haisla and Xenaxiala territory.
With this we will own the commercial hunting rights to five tenures covering …
We purchased the Spirit bear tenure in 2011.
It covers an area of approximately 3,500 square km including the islands portion of a large territory owned by a private European shooting club. It contains the vast majority of known Spirit …
All predators on the British Columbia coast need our protection.
You can help end commercial trophy hunting in the Kitlope Conservancy and surrounding area forever.
We need $100,000 to buy out Kitlope’s hunting tenure, which would mean the end of …
We had an amazing response to our last fundraising appeal – thank you!
We now only need $100,000 to purchase the Kitlope hunting tenure.
With $550,000 of the $650,000 purchase price now raised, two generous donors have confirmed that they …
Today and tomorrow Raincoast is participating in the Watersheds 2020 forum.
Watersheds is a virtual gathering that brings together a diverse community of water leaders, including Indigenous Nations, watershed groups, local and provincial government staff, funders, scholars and researchers, practitioners …
We are approaching the home stretch of ending commercial trophy hunting in the 5,300 km2 Kitlope hunting tenure.
Through the summer we’ve written grants, sold a donated boat and generally hustled to get us within reach of the home stretch. …
This is a crucial time for wild salmon that depend on the Fraser River. Following years of decline in the number of Chinook and sockeye salmon returning to the Fraser, the last two years have seen the lowest on record, …
The last episode of this semester’s Wolf School with Wolf Conservation Center looks toward existing and emerging solutions to the conservation of wolves in British Columbia.
Raincoast’s Director of Science, Dr. Chris Darimont, will also look back to share how …
With our First Nations partners we are working to permanently end commercial trophy hunting of all large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest.
We do this by purchasing the remaining commercial tenures in the Great Bear Rainforest. So far we’ve …
Sept 9, 2020 @ 6pm PST
Cristina Mittermeier
Learn about the ethical considerations of wildlife photography and the experience of spending time with wolves in the wild.
Beyond science, the ability to engage and inspire is critical to Raincoast’s work and conservation in general. With this in mind, we are particularly excited to have Cristina Mittermeier join us for episode 4 of Wolf School which will be …
After our fantastic second Wolf School with the Wolf Conservation Center’s Regan Downey last week, our next Wolf School session will feature another inspiring scientist and educator, Dr. Heather Bryan.
Now an Assistant Professor in Ecosystem Science and Management at …
Raincoast has worked with partners to conduct a population viability analysis to help us understand the likelihood of extinction for endangered wildlife under different scenarios. We used this tool and published the research to assess the effects of the Trans …
We have now raised $345,000 towards the $650,000 needed for us to purchase the Kitlope Tenure.
In 2005 we began our campaign to end commercial hunting of large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest because a previous ban on trophy …
Coastal Insights online learning sessions Season 1 is drawing to an end.
In this penultimate episode, learn about the stories behind the nature and wildlife photographs that help drive conservation. Professional nature photographers Eric Sambol and Alex Harris will be …
The Port of Vancouver is proposing to double the size of its Deltaport shipping terminal in the Fraser Estuary.
This will have an impact on Fraser Chinook salmon and Southern Resident killer whales -populations that are already considered at risk …
Our Coastal Insights Online Education program is now on it’s 6th episode.
Next week’s episode will focus on urban salmon with Fernando Lessa, author, photographer and outdoor storyteller.
Fernando Lessa will take viewers on a virtual tour into our urban …
Many of you learned about wolf conservation from Paul Nicklen and Bertie Gregory’s Instagram live.
We appreciate working with photographers who have a deep connection and care for the wildlife they take pictures of.
Wolves in British Columbia, Canada are …
Raincoast’s field work season has been put on hold due to the covid-19 pandemic so we are sharing with you some of the projects at Raincoast’s Applied Conservation Science Lab at the University of Victoria.
In Kitasoo/Xai-Xais territory, Tyler Jessen …
On this Earth Day we celebrate the land, water and wildlife that we work to protect on British Columbia’s coast.
Right now, as we distance from each other and the places we work, that disconnect from each other and nature …
Great news! We have now raised over $250,000 towards the $650,000 needed to acquire the Kitlope commercial trophy hunting tenure. Success means that we extinguish commercial trophy hunting of carnivores in the stunning Kitlope Watershed, located on the northern reaches …
Spirit bears are a valuable symbol of the Great Bear Rainforest.
Protecting both spirit bear and black bear habitat is essential because black bears can carry the recessive spirit bear gene. Although Spirit Bears are protected from trophy hunting, black …
