Safeguarding coastal carnivores in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure
Our longest running campaign at Raincoast has been our Safeguarding Coastal Carnivores campaign. We extinguish guided hunting when we purchase…
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Shooting wildlife with cameras, not guns: the new conservation economy
Almost a year ago today, after the tragic loss of our vessel, Ocean Light II, to fire, we began our…
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Launching our newest tenure acquisition
At this stage of my journey, most of my contemporaries have retired or are thinking of retiring from the workplace….
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DNA analysis of grizzly bears aligns with Indigenous languages
Along the central coast of what is now known as British Columbia, Gitga’at, Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk), Wuikinuxv, Nuxalk, and Kitasoo/Xai’xais First…
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A look back on our impact in 2020
Here is a look back on the impact we had last year… 2020 wasn’t all bad! Thank you for helping…
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Salvation is a fish
Reading time: about 5 minutes Spring is a season of renewal that comes with tulips, birdsong, and cherry blossoms for…
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We are hiring!
WE ARE HIRING! Raincoast is currently hiring for two positions. Environmental Education Coordinator (one-year maternity leave position) – If education,…
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Raincoast Conservation research reached millions in 2020
In 2020, our conservation efforts and research reached millions around the world. And we are looking forward to 2021. We…
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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…
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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…
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Spirit bear tenure
We purchased the Spirit bear tenure in 2011. It covers an area of approximately 3,500 square km including the islands…
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BearID
BearID detects a bear’s face in an image and classifies the individual. It’s facial recognition for bears! Dr. Melanie Clapham,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Safeguard Coastal Carnivores
Working with our First Nations partners, our goal is to permanently end commercial trophy hunting of all large carnivores in…
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Beautiful unity
Sandpipers. Semipalmated or Western? In the fading light, I couldn’t be sure, and it didn’t really matter. It was good…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
