Wildfire, watersheds, and landscape change
In regions across Canada, forests and fire co-evolved alongside each other over millennia. In many cases, this coevolution involved Indigenous…
We use rigorous, peer-reviewed science and community engagement to further our conservation objectives. We call this approach ‘informed advocacy’ and it is unique amongst conservation efforts. We investigate to understand coastal species and processes. We inform by bringing science to decision makers and communities. We inspire action to protect wildlife and their wilderness habitats.
In regions across Canada, forests and fire co-evolved alongside each other over millennia. In many cases, this coevolution involved Indigenous…
Our photogrammetry research project, ongoing for over fifteen years, involves taking bird’s eye photos of known whales, which are later…
The federal government is considering changes to distance regulations that would apply to boaters near endangered killer whales. More than…
In this Wolf Stories article, we’ve interviewed Sara Dubois (PhD), Chief Scientific Officer with the British Columbia Society for the…
VANCOUVER/UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (MUSQUEAM), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (SQUAMISH) AND səlilwətaɬ (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH) TERRITORIES: Conservation groups are at Vancouver Federal Court today fighting to uphold…
Last year, Raincoast hosted the inaugural Raincoast Ocean Science Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements by individuals and groups striving to protect…
The Canadian government has completed the construction of the expanded Trans Mountain Pipeline between Edmonton and Vancouver, and oil exports…
In 2012, the risk of a catastrophic oil spill from tankers shipping bitumen from Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline posed…
Six conservation groups are urging the federal government to implement an emergency order — a mechanism that allows Ottawa to…
As the mighty Fraser River nears its terminus in the Salish Sea, it meets its most prevalent interface with humanity,…
Today, June 1, is Wild Salmon Day. Established in 2019, Wild Salmon Day is a celebration of the diversity, abundance,…
We are thrilled to have thirteen talented individuals join our team through the Aquatic Ecosystems Restoration Fund and BC Salmon…
Our House of Commons petition asking the Federal government to enact a 1,000 metre buffer around Southern Resident killer whales…
Last week, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced the 2024 management measures to support Southern Resident Killer Whale…
6PPD is an additive that manufacturers use to prevent tires from degrading. Over time, tires release particles and chemicals that…
It’s a grey blustery April day in Nanaimo as captain Xander Oldaker, mate John Kelsey and I welcome nine youth…
Residents of BC’s Lower Mainland are acutely aware of the damaging effects of climate change. In just two years, the…
The Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW) are some of the Salish Sea’s most iconic inhabitants, but also among its most…
A new study “Ecology of fear alters behaviour of grizzly bears exposed to bear-viewing ecotourism” in the journal Ecology finds…
An independent adjudicator has accepted the formal objection of three BC-based conservation organizations to the certification of Alaskan salmon as…
From April 29 to May 2, Nature Canada is joining forces with groups across the country for Nature on the…
In 2015, scientists from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation teamed up with international experts to model the viability of critically endangered…
Walk into a large salmon hatchery and you will find a place not unlike an industrial assembly line. On one…
“How are the salmon doing?” It’s a question that salmon biologists get all the time, from friends at a café…