Supporting youth through experiential learning in nature
Raincoast’s Salish Sea Emerging Stewards is an environmental education program that delivers immersive, hands-on learning on-land and at-sea, and we…
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The Islands Trust is failing to protect water and forests
At the Islands Trust Council’s most recent meeting in September 2023, Local Trustees reached consensus that their legally mandated object…
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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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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 5: Experimental forest restoration methodologies
Tal Engel lives in the Comox Valley on land called Honey Grove where he practices ecoforestry and manages an organic…
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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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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: All about bats
According to bat biologist Susan Dulc, if you have bats living in your attic or yard you should consider yourself…
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Over $2 million has been raised to protect KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest
It has been less than a year since we launched our campaign to permanently protect KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest and together…
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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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Field Notes from S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest
A series of clouds obstructed the sun from shining down on the ocean in the early morning of July 18th….
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 2: Developing surveying methodologies
The project takes a watershed-wide scope to improve understanding of both existing and historical ecological conditions. The first question we…
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Notes from the Market
Throughout the summer, a royal blue tent provides shade to Raincoast’s table at various farmers markets around the greater Victoria…
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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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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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With just one week left to double the impact of donations made to the protection of KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest, Islands Trust Conservancy has shown their support
On the first day of spring 2022, Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Pender Islands Conservancy announced a matching campaign initiated…
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Join our restoration event
Join us on Tuesday, June 7 anytime between 9:30AM and 2:30PM at S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest (3600 Sailor Road) to help…
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Local businesses and entrepreneurs are helping advance the KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest protection campaign
On March 15th, 2022 Raincoast and our partners at the Pender Islands Conservancy launched a $100,000 matching campaign, made possible…
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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…
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The Year of the Salish Sea
Running from June 8, 2022 to June 7, 2023, the Year of the Salish Sea is a youth-led initiative that…
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Join the Pender Islands Conservancy and Raincoast Conservation Foundation for a public engagement session on land protection and ecological resilience on Pender Islands 
Last year, the Conservancy and Raincoast purchased the 13-acre S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest off Sailor Road. We are seeking public input…
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Help us protect biodiversity and build resilience on islands in the Salish Sea
Together with Pender Islands Conservancy, Raincoast is raising $2.18 million to purchase a 45 acre coastal property on the edge…
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Between now and Earth Day, every dollar donated to KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest will be doubled!
The purchase and permanent protection of this property is an ambitious undertaking by Raincoast and our partners at the Pender…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: Stewarding the small things
What are some unique features of the CDF zone / what makes the CDF zone so diverse? If you look…
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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…
