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Tracking Raincoast
Tracking Raincoast’s impact through 2020
These conservation efforts and our research have reached millions around the world. Tangible conservation success. 2020 was not all bad - let’s make 2021 even better.
The problem with hatcheries and hopes for wild salmon
So if hatcheries that fertilize eggs in buckets and raise fish in tanks only make the problem for wild salmon worse, how do we recover salmon? In a nutshell, we need to invest in habitat protection, habitat restoration, and far better decision-making at all levels of government to prioritize the resilience of species and ecosystems.
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 and the heart of the Fraser Estuary
We continue to use technical submissions, and collaborative communication efforts with other conservation groups to inform decision makers and the public. Richmond and Delta municipalities (closest to the terminal) have also expressed their opposition, citing the environmental and human impacts from more ships and bigger terminals.
Southern Residents and recovery
Raincoast’s approach to recovering Southern Resident killer whales stands on two primary tenets. First is to hold the line: to keep critical habitat in the Salish Sea from becoming further degraded. The second tenet is to reduce the immediate threats undermining their survival; lack of food, noise and disturbance from vessels, and pollutants that accumulate in their food.
Fostering resilience for 2021 and beyond
Expect the unexpected. Who could have predicted that old adage would so accurately sum up 2020? From the pandemic to the political, the world spent the year in upheaval. The earth’s ecosystems have also been dealing with significant and …
Friend of Raincoast, Eric Sambol
Raincoast is fortunate to work with several amazing photographers. This year we wanted to pay special tribute to Eric Sambol. Eric’s images have been key in a number of our initiatives. They have secured us cover shots in scientific journals …
Marine operations
The past year saw Achiever and crew as busy as ever with research projects, monitoring visits to our hunting tenures in the Great Bear Rainforest, and playing a central role in our expanding program of youth education in the Salish …
Empowering youth leadership
The Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program is based on the idea of consilience – the convergence of principles from different disciplines to form a comprehensive theory. In this case we seek to weave academic, scientific, and Indigenous perspectives on stewardship …
Safeguarding coastal carnivores in the Kitlope
One of our greatest achievements at Raincoast has been our role in ending the trophy hunting of grizzly bears throughout British Columbia. Acquiring the remaining commercial hunting tenures in the Great Bear Rainforest extends similar protection to all coastal carnivores …
Toward a vision for wild salmon in the Lower Fraser
In parallel to our research and habitat restoration efforts, we have been working with our project partners to articulate a vision for wild salmon in the Lower Fraser River. Our new report identifies the ongoing erosion of salmon habitat caused …
Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab
The importance of salmon diversity
One of the most important characteristics of science is its ability to improve understanding about the natural world. Often that means questioning ‘established’ knowledge. For years, we have advocated for increased allocation of salmon for …
Gulf Islands forest project
British Columbia’s Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) zone is a rare forest type that lines the southeastern coast of Vancouver Island, crosses through the Gulf Islands, and reaches the Sunshine Coast. Heavily impacted by historic and ongoing logging and development, the CDF …
A vision for the coast, as we head into 2020
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has donated and shared our end of year fundraising drive. We are grateful to be surrounded by people, businesses and organizations that share our vision and are willing to invest in our initiatives. …
Time of gratitude, time of belonging
Tracking Raincoast details our achievements and future plans, it also identifies our whole Raincoast family, 32 people in all. From our research associates to our administrators, scientists, communications professionals, mariners, and educators, all play a vital role. Similarly, it’s you, …
Tracking Raincoast to be released soon
This month, we release our annual report, Tracking Raincoast. Tracking Raincoast features highlights from the year and a first glimpse of what we have planned from 2020.
It is also filled with incredible images from some of our favourite …
Tracking Raincoast into 2019 | Raincoast Conservation Foundation
Read Tracking Raincoast into 2019 online . You can also download Tracking Raincoast into 2019 and share with friends.
…This past summer, the world’s attention was focused on the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whale population that inhabits the Salish
2017 draws to a close
As 2017 draws to a close we have some things to celebrate, not least the end of grizzly hunting in British Columbia. If you are interested in what we have planned ...
Tracking Raincoast into 2017
What's that? Tracking Raincoast into 2017 is out? For news on our conservation and research highlights from 2016...
Annual report cover models: Bears
These bears grace the cover of our annual report - Tracking Raincoast. If you want the inside track on our plans...
Twenty Year anniversary edition of Tracking Raincoast
Inspiration from spirits of conservation past, present & future - 20 year anniversary edition...
