Safeguarding coastal carnivores – Kitlope sucess
In October of 2020, we reached a significant milestone in our efforts to end all commercial trophy hunting of coastal…
Our successful campaign in the Kitlope
On Oct 28th, 2020 we were happy to announce that we raised enough funds to purchase the Kitlope commercial trophy…
Spirit bear tenure
We purchased the Spirit bear tenure in 2011. It covers an area of approximately 3,500 square km including the islands…
Ongoing ACS Lab research on human activity impact on grizzly bear behaviour
The Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab at the University Of Victoria has completed its second year of research to study…
Raincoast reaches Kitlope fundraising goal
Congratulations! Today we reached our fundraising goal to buy the commercial hunting rights in the entire Huchduwaachsdu Nuyem Jees Kitlope…
Announcing success with the Kitlope
We did it! We have now raised the funds required to buy the Kitlope hunting tenure. You’ve helped us to…
The home stretch to protect the Kitlope’s coastal carnivores
We had an amazing response to our last fundraising appeal – thank you! We have now raised $550,000 of the…
Help us purchase the Kitlope hunting tenure
We had an amazing response to our last fundraising appeal – thank you! We now only need $100,000 to purchase…
Safeguard Coastal Carnivores
Working with our First Nations partners, our goal is to permanently end commercial trophy hunting of all large carnivores in…
Beautiful unity
Sandpipers. Semipalmated or Western? In the fading light, I couldn’t be sure, and it didn’t really matter. It was good…
Help us reach our goal to purchase Kitlope tenure
We are approaching the home stretch of ending commercial trophy hunting in the 5,300 km2 Kitlope hunting tenure. Through the…
Some good news for 2020? How about ending commercial trophy hunting in the 5,300 km2 Kitlope hunting tenure.
I wish you could feel the breeze blowing off the glaciers that surround the Kitlope conservancy. I wish you could…
A permanent end to commercial trophy hunting
With our First Nations partners we are working to permanently end commercial trophy hunting of all large carnivores in the…
Wolf School with Chris Darimont
The last episode of this “semester’s” Wolf School looks toward existing and emerging solutions to the conservation of wolves in…
33500 square kilometres and more to go
We are working to protect British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest from commercial trophy hunting. We do this by purchasing the…
End commercial hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest
We have now raised $345,000 towards the $650,000 needed for us to purchase the Kitlope Tenure. In 2005 we began…
New research shows rare Spirit bear needs more protection
Spirit bears are rarer than we thought and protection of their habitat is inadequate. New research has identified that the…
Spirit bears are rarer and less protected than we thought
New research has identified that the small genetic change responsible for Spirit bears – a rare, white-coated form of black…
Thanks to everyone who made our first season of Coastal Insight a success
We just wrapped up our 11th episode of Coastal Insights, a live and interactive online learning program. If you missed…
Embracing mystery
One of the things that fascinates me about nature is all the things we don’t know. There is still so…
New study published on Spirit bears
New research has identified that the small genetic change responsible for Spirit bears – a rare, white-coated form of black…
Raincoast presents webinar on ethical wildlife photography
Next week’s Coastal Insights Education program is focused on ethical wildlife photography. Photographer Eric Sambol of Eric Sambol Photography will…
Protecting the Kitlope
We are working to protect British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest from commercial trophy hunting. We do this by purchasing the…