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The National Energy Board (NEB) has recommended that the Trans Mountain expansion project should proceed despite the “significant adverse effects”…
Christina Service, a Spirit Bear Research Foundation and Raincoast scientist and PhD candidate at the University of Victoria, led a…
Join us this April, either in person or on online, as we discuss the challenges ahead in the recovery of…
While we are glad that the NEB recognizes that the project will have significant adverse effects on Southern Resident killer…
Today is International Women’s Day. February 11th likewise celebrated women – in particular, Women and Girls in the Sciences. As…
This week we break new ground…literally! Raincoast has now begun construction of three breaches of the Steveston Jetty. The Steveston…
Like many of you, I am always pleased to go out and observe nature and wildlife. As a child, I…
Today’s recommendation to approve the Trans Mountain expansion by the National Energy Board (NEB) disregards the consequences of oil tankers…
The National Energy Board is now preparing its recommendations to cabinet on the Trans Mountain Expansion. When we won our…
Last year, Raincoast Conservation Foundation participated in a meeting that BC Green MLA Adam Olsen hosted proposing the concept of…
This past summer, I had the opportunity to travel aboard the Raincoast vessel Achiever with several other members of the…
Since the killing of seals and sea lions ended in the 1970s, pinnipeds in the Salish Sea have been recovering….
Above image: 2018 Kitasoo/Xai’xais biocultural survey crew including Vern Brown, Santana Edgar, Stephen Neasloss, Sarein Basi-Primeau, Chantal Pronteau, Rosie Child, Sam…
Wildlife conservation literature and public discourse, too often gloss over the important difference between hunting and the regulation of hunting….
Above image: The prepared samples (tin capsules filled with ~3mm of hair) ready to be sent for analysis. Each sample…
We woke up to rain this morning, which was a welcome sound. The summer of 2018 has been hot and…
This April we are partnering with Bluewater Adventures for a unique trip through the Canadian Gulf Islands and the Salish…
A theme that underlies our research in the Applied Conservation Lab is that we aim to apply methods that are…
Last year the Raincoast lab at UViC marked an important new milestone with the creation of the Raincoast Chair in…
The Southern Resident killer whales were in need of some good fortune. It came on January 10th with the appearance…
Listen to Misty MacDuffee explain some of the context around the recent birth of L124 in the Salish Sea. Declines…
Research by scientists at Spirit Bear Research Foundation, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, and the University of Victoria, led by Christina Service,…
The Husky Energy oil spill in Newfoundland is a wake-up call for British Columbians as the National Energy Board conducts…
Misty MacDuffee and Adam Stirling discuss the benefits and the shortcomings of Washington’s investment, the problem with dams, aid to…
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