On December 16th Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Pender Islands Conservancy hosted a webinar to educate the public about our joint conservation initiative: the preservation and protection of S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest, 13 acres of rare and endangered Coastal Douglas-fir …
While 2020 was a year of challenge and change we still have a lot to celebrate.
We raised funds to purchase the Kitlope Tenure – protecting a further 5300 km2 from trophy hunting, a wish of our late friend Waxaid, …
Learn about S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest, a land acquisition initiative between Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Pender Islands Conservancy.. Learn about Coastal Douglas-fir forests on the Gulf Islands and why land acquisition is such an important strategy for protecting them.
Join us …
Raincoast wants to stop Terminal 2 and protect migratory birds. The Port of Vancouver’s proposed Terminal 2 expansion would double the size of its shipping terminal. If approved, this project would permanently alter the flow of water across intertidal habitat …
Sept 23, 2020 @ 6pm PST
Dr. Chris Darimont
The last episode Wolf School 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 …
Sept 16, 2020 @ 6pm PST
Gabriel George, Tsleil- Waututh Nation.
Eric Holt, Nez Perce Nation.
Gisele Maria Martin, Tla-o-qui-aht Nation.
From creation stories to Indigenous-led reintroduction and contemporary carnivore coexistence, Indigenous peoples have long shared space and time with, …
We are currently working to protect the Fraser estuary from further habitat loss and disturbance from the proposed Terminal 2 expansion.
Last week the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson sent a letter to the Port of Vancouver’s …
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.
Sept 2, 2020 @ 6pm PST
Dr. Heather Bryan
Heather played a key role in Raincoast’s early research on coastal wolves. She is widely published in the fields of wildlife health, predator-prey interactions, conservation physiology, disease ecology, and community-engaged research.…
Aug 26, 2020 @ 3pm PST
Featuring Regan Downey of Wolf Conservation Center (Broadcasting from New York).
With many populations of wolves in North America extirpated, Regan will provide insight into current reintroduction efforts in the US. The episode also …
Aug 19, 2020 @ 6pm PST
Dr. Paul Paquet
Join one of Canada’s leading experts on wolves to discuss wolves across North America.
Learn more and register for free.
Wolf School is your opportunity to deepen your understanding of wolves, wolf ecology, biology and the issues they face for their survival in British Columbia and around the world.
To kick off wolf school we hear from Dr. Paul …
Raincoast Conservation and Wolf Conservation Center are launching Wolf school this Wednesday, August 19. Register for free.
Our aim is to broaden the public’s understanding of wolves, especially the wild population of wolves in British Columbia.
Over the course …
This bonus episode completes the first season of Coastal Insights online learning episodes.
Learn about Raincoast’s inspiring and transformative Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program, an environmental leadership program where students immerse in and learn about British Columbia’s coastal …
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 …
Coastal Insights online education as part of our Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program released its ninth episode today.
With as much coastline as the BC coast has, it is no question that we are unique when it comes to the …
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 …
Consilience is defined as a context in which independent lines of evidence arrive at the same conclusion. In this episode featuring Chris Darimont and Jess Housty, we take a look at how blending Traditional and Ecological Indigenous Knowledge and academic …
The final part of a 2 part salmon lesson of the Coastal Insights online learning program features Fernando Lessa teaching us about urban salmon.
As our guide, he takes viewers on a visual tour into our urban neighborhoods to discover …
We are working to protect the Fraser Estuary from the Terminal 2 Expansion.
The Port of Vancouver is proposing to almost double the size of their existing terminal, Deltaport Terminal, in the Fraser Estuary.
As a nursery and feeding ground, …
In part 1 of this 2 part salmon lesson, viewers learn about salmon as the foundation species of BC, some of its major threats, and how Raincoast is researching and restoring the Lower Fraser River estuary to promote the return …
Coastal Insights Education program offers online learning as part of the Salish Sea Emerging Stewards project. Episode 4 is guided by Joe Akerman.
Joe Akerman is of mixed Cowichan and European Heritage from Salt Spring Island, BC. He …
Salish Sea Emerging Stewards Program launched flagship project Coastal Insights for live and interactive online learning. Episode 3 of summer 2020 features Megan Adams and salmon.
Megan Adams is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia. As an …
Salish Sea Emerging Stewards launched live and interactive Coastal Insights Online Learning 2020.
Raincoast research fellow Lauren Eckert acts as episode 2 guide.
As the global human population steadily grows each year, the boundaries between the habitats of humans and …