Hundreds of thousands of birds at risk
Port Metro Vancouver’s proposed Terminal 2 expansion project, is putting hundreds of thousands of birds at risk. The Port’s Terminal…
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Restoring the Upper Pitt River
On three, we haul the lead line in. One, two, three! I kneel in the stream holding up the seine…
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Read our report on Lower Fraser river
2020 has seen record low returns of sockeye to the Fraser River. To help address this critical conservation issues the…
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Safeguard the Southern Resident killer whales
There are currently just 74 members of the Southern Resident killer whales remaining. While two births in 2020 is positive…
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Take action to stop Terminal 2 and protect Fraser estuary habitat for International Bird Week
It’s International Bird Week and we are celebrating all the hundreds of thousands of birds that the Fraser Estuary hosts…
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Crucial time for wild salmon
This is a crucial time for wild salmon that depend on the Fraser River. Following years of decline in the…
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Fraser Estuary Connectivity Project makes substantial difference to salmon
Just as we were getting excited about starting our field season to monitor the effectiveness of Raincoast’s Fraser Estuary Connectivity…
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Federal Minister presses pause on Terminal 2
It’s been a while since I’ve had much cause for optimism about the Port of Vancouver’s plans for the Fraser…
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Help build momentum on pressure to reject Terminal 2 expansion
We are currently working to protect the Fraser estuary from further habitat loss and disturbance from the proposed Terminal 2…
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The Narwhal article outlines reasons for Fraser river salmon decline
The Narwhal released an article this week entitled ‘Four reasons 2020 is set to see the lowest Fraser River sockeye…
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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…
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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…
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Heart of the Fraser River estuary threatened
Despite having already lost almost 80% of its naturally functioning habitat, the estuary is relied on by millions of birds….
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Stop Terminal 2 expansion threatening resident orcas
The Port of Vancouver is proposing to double the size of its Deltaport shipping terminal in the Fraser Estuary. This…
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Protecting the Stó:lō
Stó:lō, Dakelh, Lhtakoh, ?Elhdaqox. A river of such length has an equally long history. Long before the river’s current namesake…
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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,…
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Port of Vancouver proposed expansion threatens Fraser Estuary habitat
The Port of Vancouver is proposing to double the size of the terminal at Deltaport, in Tsawwassen, putting further stress…
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New report: Toward a Vision for Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser River
Since 2016, we have worked with First Nations, community groups, conservation organizations and dozens of individuals to identify the root…
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Join us at the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference in Vancouver
Along with the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance, Raincoast is chairing a traditional session at the upcoming Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference…
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Research: Habitat use by juvenile salmon, other migratory fish, and resident fish species underscores the importance of estuarine habitat mosaics
Pacific salmon, especially Chinook and Chum, reside and feed in estuaries during downstream migrations. But the extent to which they…
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Terminal 2 expansion at Roberts Bank jeopardizes salmon recovery efforts
Given the ecological challenges that Fraser River salmon, including juvenile salmon, face at this point in history, now is not…
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In search of the Lower Fraser’s lost streams
There is currently renewed interest in locating historical streams that have long been paved over and lost in Vancouver and…
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Approval of Trans Mountain expansion puts Fraser River salmon and Salish Sea estuaries at risk
The Fraser River in British Columbia remains one of the world’s most productive salmon rivers. Equally significant is the Fraser…
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The Fraser River estuary is fragmented by structures that alter the flow of water
Just weeks after construction on the Steveston Jetty, dozens of young chinook and chum salmon were funnelled into our research…
