A bright-spot for bear conservation
Doug (Muq’vas Glaw) Neasloss and Kyle Artelle are guests of Adam and Mendel on the Future Ecologies podcast. In this…
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Research: The eroding social license to hunt carnivores
A new study suggests killing predators like wolves, grizzly bears, and cougars for trophy is a potential threat not only…
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No notes from the field
For the last 10-plus years, and as we’ve highlighted previously, March and April are usually busy with preparations for the…
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Supporting resurgent Indigenous-led governance: A nascent mechanism for just and effective conservation
A new publication discusses how conservation actions to halt biodiversity declines will increasingly be impossible to implement without Indigenous consent…
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Problem humans and the ecology of bear-human conflict
Last month, in Penticton, BC a group of five black bears – three males and two younger females – had…
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Evidence, values, policy, and the advance of science
Last month a group of scientists published a letter in the journal Science that advocated for trophy hunting, arguing that…
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Research: Publication reform to safeguard wildlife from researcher harm
Scientists from Raincoast Conservation Foundation, University of Victoria, Alpha Wildlife Research & Management, and University of Saskatchewan reviewed more than…
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Research: Differentiating between regulation and hunting as conservation interventions
Wildlife conservation literature and public discourse, too often gloss over the important difference between hunting and the regulation of hunting….
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Salmonid species diversity predicts salmon consumption by terrestrial wildlife
Research by scientists at Spirit Bear Research Foundation, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, and the University of Victoria, led by Christina Service,…
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Mismeasured mortality: correcting estimates of wolf poaching in the United States
This scientific paper, published in 2017 by the Oxford University Press on behalf of American Society of Mammalogists, was conducted…
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Wildlife management isn’t rocket science (but it should still be other kinds of science)
Do wildlife management policies in North America consistently rely on good evidence? Do management wildlife agencies commit to hallmarks of…
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Chris Darimont interviewed on CFAX 1070 about political populations
What is a political population? Did governments around the world try to exaggerate the size or resilience of carnivore populations?…
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New scientific publication: Intergenerational equity can help to prevent climate change and extinction
The global crises of climate change and extinction imperil all life on Earth, including present and future human generations –…
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Envisioning 2018: more accomplishments for nature, people, and the places we love
As the year closes, I look back on what Raincoast has achieved in 2017. I envision a 2018 comprised of…
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Raincoast submission on the grizzly hunt consultation
On November 1, 2017, we submitted our comments to the Director of Fish and Wildlife, Jennifer Psyllakis, Province of British…
