You did it: 13 acres in 3 months!
We are excited to announce that together with the Pender Islands Conservancy, we have raised the funds required to purchase…
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BC’s Coastal Douglas-fir zone needs protection now
Since colonization, BC’s forests have been over-exploited, primarily due to a legacy of old growth liquidation policies. Such policies, established…
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Permanent protection of S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest now within reach!
In November, when Raincoast teamed up with the Pender Islands Conservancy to purchase 13-acres of Coastal Douglas Fir forest on…
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Volunteering with the Big Tree Registry
My name is Taeven Lopatecki and I feel grateful to know Pender Island, S,DÁYES in the SENĆOŦEN language, as home…
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The home stretch to permanently protect S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest
It was in late November when we launched our initiative to purchase and permanently protect the S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest. We…
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A future for the Gulf Islands’ forests
Raincoast’s newest initiative aims to protect Coastal Douglas-fir forests and associated habitats across the Gulf Islands. These are some of…
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Tracking Raincoast’s impact through 2020
While 2020 was a year of challenge and change we still have a lot to celebrate. We raised funds to…
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Explore S’DÁYES Flycatcher Forest: Webinar, video and fundraising update
On December 1st, Raincoast and Pender Islands Conservancy announced a match funding campaign in support of protecting S’DÁYES Flycatcher Forest…
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New campaign to purchase at North Pender Island
Raincoast is launching a new campaign. We are working to purchase a 13 acre property on North Pender Island, as…
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Report: Legal Measures to Protect the Gulf Islands Coastal Douglas-fir Zone
With gigantic douglas firs and cedars, twisting garry oak meadows, and colourful arbutus groves, Canada’s Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) biogeoclimactic zone…
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Announcing Raincoast’s newest conservation initiative
Forests on the Gulf Islands need to be protected. After decades of largely unregulated road construction, residential development, and logging,…
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Measuring tree heights with lasers
Measuring the heights of trees in the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) zone is quite a feat. In mature CDF forests (which,…
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Protecting the evergreen giants at the edge of the sea
The rainshadow region, extending across the southeastern coast of Vancouver Island from Metchosin to Deep Bay; covering the Gulf Islands,…
