The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: All about Mayne Island
The Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone (“CDF zone”) is the most biologically diverse in British Columbia. Though the CDF zone is…
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Fire risk reduction in the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone
Historically, wildfire has been an intermittent but essential disturbance regime in forested ecosystems across the country. In more recent times,…
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Purchasing for protection: A perpetual Sophie’s choice for conservationists
Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Pender Islands Conservancy recently announced the success of their second joint land acquisition campaign in…
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Delegating to the Islands Trust: The 30×30 challenge
On March 7, 2023, Forest Conservation Program Director Shauna Doll made a delegation to Islands Trust Council urging them to…
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Local engagement: letters to elected representatives can help make change
As a science-based organization focused on habitat and wildlife conservation on the vast coastline of BC and a land trust…
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 4: Managing fire in a climatically uncertain future
As previous installments of the Field Files series have established, since settler arrival in the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) zone, forests…
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 3: Mapping the watershed
Multiple practitioners working under the umbrella of the Maxwell Creek Watershed Project (MCWP or “the Project”) have contributed to this…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: Coexisting with carnivores
In this installment, wildlife ecologist and conservation biologist, Dr. Justin Suraci shares his experiences, as a Raincoast fellow, studying predator-prey…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: The natural environment is why people come here
This installment is the second of several articles seeking to explore the ways ecosystems differ between the islands within the…
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Mother Trees and mycorrhizal fungi on Pender Island
According to Dr. Rachel Holt, single mature trees in the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) biogeoclimatic (BEC) zone have a disproportionate ecological…
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KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest fundraising update
Over the past eight months, Raincoast and the Pender Islands Conservancy have been hard at work to raise the $2.1…
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Synthesis of the Gulf Islands Webinar Series
In November of 2021, a team of scientists, conservationists, and other experts shared their research and knowledge on issues such…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: All about Gabriola Island
This installment is the second in a series of several articles seeking to explore the ways ecosystems differ between the…
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Next steps for Project TEACH
Project TEACH was co created by Raincoast and the Coexisting with Carnivores Alliance (CwCA) in the winter of 2021, whose…
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Synthesis of Project TEACH learnings
This article synthesises the information shared by the eighteen experts who contributed to Project TEACH. It has been prepared as…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: All about amphibians
Oftentimes aquatic habitats protection exclusively emphasizes the importance of maintaining fish populations. Though protecting native fish species is inarguably important,…
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A call to action: Community stories of the CDF
Stretching from the south-east of Vancouver Island, across most of the Gulf Islands, and along a small sliver of the…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: Living within rather than apart from the places that sustain us
This installment is the first of several articles seeking to explore the ways ecosystems differ between the islands within the…
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 1: Project Impetus
Registered environmental charity, Transition Salt Spring has partnered with experts and organizations from across the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone, including…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: An ancient legacy, a critical future
What is the history of the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone? Eleven and half thousand years ago is a mighty long…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: The interconnectedness of people and place
After thousands of years of evolution alongside Coast Salish peoples, the story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests and associated habitats is…
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Project TEACH Solutions Session
In an effort to bring experts, advocates, and decision makers together to better understand how to better protect intact ecosystems…
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Developing a management plan for S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest
Last year, Raincoast and the Conservancy and Raincoast purchased a 13-acre property on S,DÁYES or Pender Island. Now, we are…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: Disruption of the trophic cascade
Since non-Indigenous settlement, both top predators and fire have been functionally eradicated from Coastal Douglas-fir ecological communities while populations of…
