There are currently just 74 members of the Southern Resident killer whales remaining.
While two births in 2020 is positive news, before that, Southern Residents had seen no successful calves since 2015. Raincoast is continuing to use science and advocacy …
When endangered Southern Resident killer whales are using the inside waters of the Salish Sea, they are in the presence of boats and ships about 85% of the time.
Ships reduce the amount of time whales can feed without noise …
In the Fraser River estuary Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RBT2) has been proposed for construction.
RBT2 would have significant negative affects including:
The addition of 468 to 520 container ship transits each year through the transboundary waters of the Salish …
As we all work to emerge from the covid-19 pandemic, 235 organizations, including Raincoast and many of you signed a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau to emphasize that investments in nature and biodiversity can create jobs and contribute to an …
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 …
On Wednesday July 22nd at 6pm, join us for an online panel discussion bringing together contributors from the book, Spirits of the Coast.
Hear from Jess Housty (@Jesshousty), Nikki Iyolo Sanchez (@Nikkilaes), Misty MacDuffee (@Mistymacduffee) and Eric Mazimpaka (@Ericmazimpaka), as …
Raincoast’s Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program educates our future leaders. The Coastal Insights online education webinars are a part of this effort.
Killer whales are iconic to the Pacific Northwest and deeply rooted as cultural and spiritual symbols for the …
Killer whales are icons of the Pacific Northwest and are deeply rooted as cultural and spiritual symbols for the Coast Salish peoples.
In our next Coastal Insights educational webinar, we will examine their complex intellect, behaviour, language, and culture.
Join …
Spirits of the Coast is our new favourite book. It brings together the work of marine biologists, Indigenous knowledge keepers, poets, artists and storytellers, united by their love for killer whales.
Misty Macduffee, Raincoast’s wild salmon program director, contributed a …
In 2019, we saw the most significant threat reduction measures the Canadian government has taken to date to support recovery of Southern Resident killer whales.
Our engagement with federal departments helped establish five technical working groups that focus on specific …
After three years researching how juvenile salmon use the Fraser estuary, we began physical habitat restoration to improve their access into habitats that support them.
The Steveston Jetty is only one of the many structures dividing the Fraser estuary, altering …
For over a decade, we’ve been using science, public education and the courts to protect Southern Resident killer whales.
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There is currently a government survey on Southern Resident killer whales that is available until March 23.
Measures taken by the federal government to date have failed to stabilize …
Our new report Toward a Vision for Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser River sets bold recommendations to address the loss of salmon habitat that has been identified as a key factor in the crisis many recognize for Fraser River …
Breaking News: The Supreme Court of Canada announced today that it will not hear a set of legal challenges to the federal government’s re-approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline project, including our case with Ecojustice and Living Oceans aimed at …
Raincoast has a deep commitment to all the wildlife of BC’s Coast, including the Southern Resident killer whales.
We have been using science, legal action and public engagement to further recovery efforts for this critically endangered species. You can also …
Today the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.⠀
Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Squamish Nation, Coldwater Indian Band and a coalition of small First Nations from the Fraser Valley argued that the government came into the …
For over 10 years, Raincoast has been using science, public education and the courts to try and protect Canada’s endangered population of salmon-eating Southern Resident killer whales. With their salmon stocks in decline, and a noisy and polluted ocean, they …
In November we finished the second phase of construction for our Fraser Estuary Connectivity Project.
The aim of the project is to provide juvenile salmon access to marsh habitat on Robert’s Bank, by creating breaches (holes) in the Steveston Jetty.…
Today’s recommendation by the National Energy Board for approval of the Trans Mountain tanker and pipeline proposal was no surprise.
Unfortunately no mitigation measures can protect the Southern Residents from the noise of the increased tanker traffic.
The Canadian government …
The world watched Southern Resident killer whale Tahlequah (J35) carry her dead calf (her child) for over two weeks.
This is what extinction could look like and we cannot avert our eyes.
We have been working with partners to compel …
Today Canada committed $4.5 billion to buy the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline. This doesn’t include the costs to built it.
Whoever owns the project still faces legal challenges from First Nations, Raincoast and others, in addition to the opposition …
Amidst the noise about risk, uncertainty, Kinder Morgan and their Trans Mountain pipeline proposal, we know this: The Trans Mountain Project will intensify existing threats, accelerating the rate of decline of the Southern Resident Population of killer whales (SRKW), possibly …
Killer whale emergency.
The Southern Resident killer whales are critically endangered. They need our help. Raincoast and partners are petitioning the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Dominic LeBlanc and Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna to request that …