Protecting the Kitlope
We are working to protect British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest from commercial trophy hunting.
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Virtual connection and support
With coronavirus affecting normalcy around the world, the Raincoast Lab at the University of Victoria is not going to be doing fieldwork this season, and instead will maintain virtual connection, support from afar.
Almost halfway there
Great news! We have now raised over $250,000 towards the $650,000 needed to acquire the Kitlope commercial trophy hunting tenure…
Bear hair as a research tool
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…
Help us purchase the Kitlope tenure
With the support of our First Nation partners, Raincoast now owns commercial trophy hunting rights in an area of over 33,000 square kilometers, across the Great Bear Rainforest. That’s an area larger than Vancouver Island. Our long term goal…
On hope
“Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. It is an orientation of the spirit and orientation of the heart…”
Malnourished grizzly bears likely not related to climate change, says op-ed by Raincoast
Raincoast’s Chris Genovali, Misty MacDuffee and Paul C. Paquet wrote an op-ed about the recent images of malnourished grizzly bears on B.C.’s coast and the media linking it to climate change – which we think is not the case…
Raincoast studies the effect of ecotourism on bears
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…
Watching bear fish
Watching bears fish all day was surreal. We were lucky enough to be guided by Marven Robinson…
A summer swim
Who says it’s too late in the summer for a float? Guided by Nuxalk Stewardship, we use methods in ethology to investigate…
Bear Monitoring in Haíłzaqv Territory
Check in tomorrow when the Bear monitoring crew in Haíłzaqv (Heiltsuk) Territory will be taking us along on their day out in the field.⠀ They will be collecting black and …
Nadeea tenure, and more
Sitting on our haunches? At the end of December 2018 we completed fundraising for the Nadeea commercial hunting tenure. We are now busy negotiating the purchase of another tenure. Our …
One Shot for Coastal Carnivores auction ending on Friday
This image is 40”x60” printed on fine art archival fine art paper matted and framed. It is up for auction to raise funds for our Safeguard Coastal Carnivores campaign to …
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The Ethereal Great Bear Rainforest
20″ x 30″ photographic paper print framed to 30 x 45 inches by Brad Hill. “This moment is from a misty and moody morning during the autumn of 2011 in …
One Shot for Coastal Carnivores Feature – Witness by Tavish Campbell
One Shot for Coastal Carnivores Feature – Witness by Tavish Campbell. This 30×45 inch aluminum fine art print is up for auction to raise funds for our Safeguard Coastal Carnivores campaign…
One Shot for Coastal Carnivores Exhibit Feature – Botany Bay by Karen Cooper
One Shot for Coastal Carnivores Exhibit Feature – Botany Bay by Karen Cooper. This 30×45 inch aluminum fine art print is up for auction…
Last public viewing opportunity for the One Shot for Coastal Carnivores Exhibit at the Karen Cooper Gallery
Today is the last public viewing opportunity to come check out the One Shot for Coastal Carnivores Exhibit at the Karen Cooper Gallery on Granville Island…
Prepping the One Shot for Coastal Carnivores exhibit
Our One Shot for Coastal Carnivores photography exhibit opens today at the Karen Cooper gallery on Granville Island. The exhibit will support our efforts with Coastal First Nations to permanently end …
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Khutze Inlet grizzly bear, by Andrew S. Wright
“This photograph was taken in Khutze inlet on the central coast and in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest. The inlet is one of…
Would you like to visit a place like this?
Would you like to visit a place like this? A place where grizzly bears, black bears, wolves and Spirit bears roam. This shot was taken in one of the estuaries …
Happy birthday to Captain Brian Falconer
Happy birthday to our Captain Brian Falconer. Brian has led our efforts to end trophy hunting…
Raincoast Conservations’s newest doctor, Dr Kyle Artelle
Meet Raincoast’s newest doctor. Yesterday Dr. Kyle Artelle successfully defended…