Kyle Artelle

Three Raincoast researchers in life jackets and boots stand on a pebbled shore around a white dinghy speaking to each other while the ocean looms quietly in the background in pale blue, cut by two mountains forming a vee.

Raincoast cancels field work due to COVID-19

2020-04-242020-05-02

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.

Newly minted Dr. Kyle Artelle pictured with a smile

Raincoast research

Raincoast Conservations’s newest doctor, Dr Kyle Artelle

2017-11-102019-02-13

Meet Raincoast's newest doctor. Yesterday Dr. Kyle Artelle successfully defended...

Raincoast staff work in the great bear rainforest with bear hair samples

Salmon Carnivore Project

Recently published study on bear hair research

2017-07-252019-02-13

"There is this mismatch between the ecology and bear management system. The sea is connected to the land but the management doesn’t reflect that."...

Events

Continued impacts of the Nathan E Stewart oil spill

2017-01-172019-02-13

The impacts of the Nathan E Stewart diesel spill are still being felt. Join us this Thursday at the...

ocean visible beyond rocky beach with bright orange plastic that marks the Nathan E Steart oil spill

Conservation Foundation

The Nathan E Stewart oil spill in Heiltsuk Territory

2016-10-272019-02-13

Not so pretty but very real. This is the Nathan E Stewart oil spill in Heiltsuk Territory. This beach is one shared by...

pod of at least six orcas visible spouting water in a stretch of ocean in Heiltsuk Territory near the Nathan E Stewart oil spill

Marine mammals

Killer whales near the Nathan E Stewart oil spill

2016-10-252019-02-13

A pod of killer whales, orca in Seaforth channel Heiltsuk Territory near the Nathan E Stewart oil spill. As this incident continues to unfold, we are reminded of...

A bear standing on a mountain slope covered with green grass

Raincoast research

Understanding the relationship between bears, salmon and people

2016-06-242019-01-07

We are working to understand the relationship of bears, salmon and people in the Great Bear Rainforest and the territories of our hosts and partner Coastal First Nations...

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...