Update on KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest
On December 22, 2021, Raincoast and Pender Islands Conservancy announced our latest land acquisition initiative: the purchase and protection of…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests
Coastal Douglas-fir forests and associated ecosystems exist at the interface between land and water on the edge of the Salish…
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The Pender Islands Big Tree Registry is helping property owners connect with the forest
The Pender Islands Big Tree Registry has grown significantly over the past year. We now have over 100 trees registered….
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Matching campaign success for KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest!
On December 22, 2021, Raincoast and Pender Islands Conservancy announced our latest land acquisition initiative: the purchase and protection of…
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Progress update on KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest fundraising campaign
A little over a week before New Years Eve, on December 22, 2021, Raincoast and Pender Islands Conservancy announced our…
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A chance to make your support for the protection of KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest go further
It has been just over a year since Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Pender Islands Conservancy announced our intention to…
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Coastal Douglas-fir Forests: Present, past, and future
This article provides an overview of the historic extent and composition of CDF forests and associated habitats. It also explores…
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Register for our webinar series about conservation and resilience in the Gulf Islands
Join us at noon every Wednesday in November for an hour-long expert panel discussion followed by a 30 minute question…
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Ethics of Making the Location of Big Trees Accessible to the Public
Pender Island and big trees Pender Islands are located within the rapidly diminishing Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone. These islands, along…
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Interview: Big tree registries, BC’s logging practices and Nerdy about Nature
Last month, Raincoast released a video series demonstrating how to measure trees and nominate them to Big Tree Registries across…
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Advancing urgently needed tree protection policy in the Islands Trust
This summer, I had the privilege of working with Raincoast as their Tree Protection Policy Intern. The main focus of…
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Report: Tree Protection Bylaws in British Columbia
Tree bylaws protecting trees on private property exist in many municipalities throughout BC. The Gulf Islands, governed by the Islands…
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Webinar: Tree Protection in the Islands Trust
The Islands Trust is a unique form of local governance in British Columbia. Upon recognizing the ecological significance of the…
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Measuring trees – introducing our new “how-to” video series
We are thrilled to be releasing video tutorials on how to measure trees that we co-created with Nerdy About Nature!…
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Raincoast has welcomed five new team members!
We are very pleased to have four passionate students joining our team for the summer. Over the summer, these four…
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Summer job: Tree Protection Policy Intern
If you are a self-starter who understands the role efficacious public policy plays in conservation, this may be the position…
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Summer job opportunity: ForChange Education Intern
Raincoast Conservation Foundation (Raincoast) is seeking a summer student to support a developing education program in partnership with W̱SÁNEĆ community…
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Welcome to Pender Island, where the destruction of a globally rare ecosystem is ongoing
In the Sunday edition of the Times Colonist, Raincoast ran a full page advertisement asking people to call and email…
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Islands 2050: What will the Gulf Islands look like in 25 years?
The preservation and protection of BC’s Gulf Islands “for the benefit of residents of the trust area and of the…
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Carbon stewardship workshop focusing on Gulf Islands forests and coasts
Later this month, Raincoast, along with partners at Transition Salt Spring, Brinkman Earth Systems, and a number of other independent…
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How art will help protect S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest
The Pender Islands Conservancy had their eye on the property that has now been named S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest, for years…
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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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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…
