Raincoast delivers a water quality toolbox to Metro Vancouver
Clean water is vital to people and wildlife in Metro Vancouver, providing safe drinking water, clean habitat for fish and…
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Raincoast scientist gives testimony to Government of Canada on the threat posed by plastic pollution
Watch Dr. Peter Ross’s opening statement to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. See the…
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Study: Toxic hydrocarbon hotspots in BC coastal sediments, threatening Southern Resident killer whales and Chinook salmon
A new study reveals that toxic hotspots for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in marine sediments exist in parts of the…
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When will Ottawa act to remove salmon-killing chemical from vehicle tires?
Every fall in British Columbia, thousands of coho salmon make their way home from the ocean to spawn in our…
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National plastic pollution efforts continue
Dr Peter Ross, Senior Scientist at Raincoast, together with Dr Anna Posacka at Ocean Positive Solutions, are helping to lead…
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Uncovering the causes of degraded fish and whale habitat
No one enjoys debris-strewn beaches, images of oiled sealife, or those summer beach closures due to fecal coliform contamination. At…
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What is a watershed?
A drop of water plummets out of a dark grey blanket of cumulonimbus gathered around the craggy peak of a…
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A watershed based approach to assessing water quality in Cheakamus/Green River watersheds
Raincoast’s Healthy Waters Program was designed to assess the impacts of human activities on water quality in British Columbia, so…
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Needed: A freshwater protection strategy for Bowen Island
In early June, Dr. Peter Ross of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation presented Bowen Island Municipal Council with the results of…
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Traces of human sewage in Grafton Lake
When we recently conducted a comprehensive ‘state of the water’ report on Grafton Lake – the source of drinking water…
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We are encouraged by the federal government’s decision to grant our request to prioritize the tire chemical 6PPD for assessment
6PPD is an additive that manufacturers use to prevent tires from degrading. Over time, tires release particles and chemicals that…
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Sampling water during the wet season: A new partnership with the Lower Nicola Indian Band reflects a shared interest in protecting water
A cool, gray sky lingered overhead, as we headed inland. Our journey took us through the Lower Fraser Valley, over…
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Sharing our plans for our future mobile lab
The Healthy Waters team has been busy this winter, with field work in seven watersheds, stretching from the Chemainus River…
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Building capacity to better protect water
Our Healthy Waters Program is transitioning from an idea into an exciting community-oriented water pollution monitoring initiative. We have been…
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Help us build our new mobile lab, Tracker
I trod down the gravel path between my home and the ferry dock at Snug Cove on Bowen Island. The…
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Preliminary study of water quality in streams discharging into Fulford Harbour raise questions about land-based pollution
Water is vital to life, and on the Gulf Islands, efforts to understand, monitor and protect watersheds are increasingly needed…
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Mapping the Semá:th X̱ó:tsa (Sumas Lake) region following the BC floods of 2021
The catastrophic floods of late 2021 in southern British Columbia (Canada) and neighbouring Washington State (USA) destroyed homes, farms and…
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Biosolids pose a threat to healthy waters
Wastewater includes everything that is flushed down toilets and drains from households, businesses, and some industries and institutions. In Canada,…
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Job Posting: Water Quality Coordinator
We are seeking an energetic and committed candidate who will coordinate sampling and analysis of samples as part of the…
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What does Canada’s ban on the manufacture and import of six types of single-use plastics mean?
Plastics are everywhere. Even when we try to escape from our plastic-crazy world, we run into it on our favourite…
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From laundry to the ocean: fixing the microplastics problem in clothes
Plastic pollution might be on everyone’s mind these days, with discarded fishing nets, beverage cups, bottles, straws and grocery bags…
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Working toward healthy waters for people, salmon, and whales
The value of our Healthy Waters Program became evident this past fall when melting snowpack and an atmospheric river delivered…
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A former lake re-emerges: A backgrounder
The catastrophic floods of late 2021 in southern British Columbia (Canada) and neighbouring Washington State (USA) destroyed homes, farms, and…
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Help us design, build, and deploy our new mobile lab
Last month, many of our supporters voted for us in Land Rover’s Defender Series Award when we were trying to…
