We asked you to provide input to the Canadian government survey on these measures
To reduce threats to critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales, the federal government took initial steps in the last two…
Thank you for your support in 2020
As 2020 closes and we reflect on the year, please accept our thanks and gratitude for your support, in whatever…
Southern Residents and recovery
Reversing, or even slowing, our systemic unsustainable human footprint on a time scale relevant to dwindling wildlife populations is a…
Support investments in nature and biodiversity
As we all work to emerge from the covid-19 pandemic, 235 organizations, including Raincoast and many of you signed a…
Terminal 2 will increase chances of SRKW extinction
Raincoast has worked with partners to conduct a population viability analysis to help us understand the likelihood of extinction for…
Stop Terminal 2 expansion
Have you heard of Port of Vancouver’s Terminal 2 expansion?⠀⠀Port of Vancouver is proposing to double the size of its…
Terminal 2 Backgrounder: Impacts on Southern Resident killer whales
The Port of Vancouver is proposing to double the size of its Deltaport shipping terminal at Roberts Bank next to…
Spirits of the Coast – live event
Join us for an unique evening bringing together contributors from the book, Spirits of the Coast. Hear from four diverse…
Demystifying the Killer Whales of BC episode 8
Raincoast’s Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program educates our future leaders. The Coastal Insights online education webinars are a part of…
Raincoast explores killer whales in upcoming Coastal Insights program
Killer whales are icons of the Pacific Northwest and are deeply rooted as cultural and spiritual symbols for the Coast…
Misty Macduffee contributes essay to new book Spirits of the Coast
Spirits of the Coast is our new favourite book. It brings together the work of marine biologists, Indigenous knowledge keepers,…
A bond through salmon, language and grandmothers
About a year ago, I got a call from the Royal British Columbia Museum asking if I would like to…
Guide government action on Southern Resident killer whales before March 23
In the last two years, the federal government has taken initial measures to reduce noise and disturbance from vessels (to make…
Ecological legacy of coastal B.C. hangs in the balance
British Columbia’s north and central coast, also known as the Great Bear Rainforest, along with Haida Gwaii, hosts a uniquely…
The National Energy Board and killer whales, on As It Happens
While we are glad that the NEB recognizes that the project will have significant adverse effects on Southern Resident killer…
Southern Resident killer whales are on the precipice
This past summer, the world’s attention was focused on the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales that inhabit the Salish…
From meerkats to killer whales
For animal species that form social groups, living together can have a strong effect on individuals’ chances of survival and…
Killer Whales versus Trans Mountain pipeline – decision time
The decision on our legal challenge to the approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is due tomorrow from Canada’s…
Fisheries closures needed for killer whales
The world has watched Southern Resident killer whale Tahlequah (J35) carry her dead calf, her child, for over two weeks….
Misty MacDuffee on CFAX 1070 on fishery closures, Chinook salmon and Southern Resident killer whales
Last week our hearts were broken watching Southern Resident killer whale J35 struggle with her grief for the passing of…
Misty MacDuffee speaks to lack of government action on Southern Resident killer whales
What is the government of Canada doing to protect the Southern Resident killer whales? The threat to these killer whales…
Conservation groups put ministers on notice over Southern Resident killer whales
Media release April 5, 2018 VANCOUVER – Conservation groups are putting Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna and…
A killer whale emergency
The Southern Resident killer whales were recognized as endangered under Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA) in 2002. Despite this, and…