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Each spring along the coast of British Columbia, the typically calm nearshore waters begin to churn with thousands of spawning…
What is the government of Canada doing to protect the Southern Resident killer whales? The threat to these killer whales…
The 29th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill quietly came and went a few weeks ago. The lack of…
Conservation groups are applauding today’s announcement from Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Dominic LeBlanc and Minister of Environment and Climate…
Although we know that herring play a pivotal ecological role in nearshore ecosystems, from a scientific perspective little is known…
Writing in the scientific journal, Conservation Letters, an international team of conservation scientists is challenging the conservation community to fully…
Writing in the scientific journal, Conservation Letters, an international team of conservation scientists argue that trophy hunting – hunting that…
For years, British Columbia’s wildlife management practices, especially its wolf cull and grizzly bear hunt, have been controversial. In 2015,…
Heralded by the song of the varied thrush, April comes to an end and a renewed energy fills Raincoast’s Applied…
In February of 2017, a team of researchers from five research facilities published their findings in Marine Ecology Progress Series:…
Is Canada’s national interest best aligned with a Texas pipeline company? The suggestion of bailing out U.S.-based Kinder Morgan and…
Researchers from Wild Fish Conservancy, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, and the University of Montana are proposing an alternative framework for certifying…
Do you rely on labels like the blue checkmark (i.e. the Marine Stewardship Council) or other certification stamps to guide…
This scientific paper, published in 2017 by the Oxford University Press on behalf of American Society of Mammalogists, was conducted…
This is the first April 1st since 2001 that the trophy hunting of grizzly bears will not take place. It’s…
Media release April 5, 2018 VANCOUVER – Conservation groups are putting Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna and…
Come celebrate BC Bear Day this Saturday. Raincoast and its partners are hosting a free family friendly event for the…
This week Raincoast will join hundreds of scientists, First Nations and tribal government representatives, policy makers, community members and conservationists…
An amazing spring research season has begun. There was snow, and then suddenly we were in our boats with nets…
Do wildlife management policies in North America consistently rely on good evidence? Do management wildlife agencies commit to hallmarks of…
Will Southern Resident killer whales survive the next one hundred years? Is the Federal government willing to finally implement the…
What is a political population? Did governments around the world try to exaggerate the size or resilience of carnivore populations?…
Are you a biology student looking for a great summer job? Check out Raincoast’s juvenile salmon program in the Fraser…
Recently, we unveiled our Safeguarding Coastal Carnivores campaign to refresh our Save the Great Bears campaign in light of the…
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