Extinction is too high a price for a pipeline
September 18 is the deadline to give public comments on the fast tracking of the west coast pipeline. This is…
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Prime Minister Carney recently asked what Canadians ‘are for’
Recently, Canada’s federal government proposed sweeping changes to overhaul the laws that protect our lakes and streams, our wildlife, our…
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How harvesting immature Chinook salmon can shrink size and reduce future returns
A study published in the journal Scientific Reports by researchers from the Wild Fish Conservancy and Raincoast Conservation Foundation has…
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Raincoast’s feedback on Getting Major Projects Built in Canada
This week, Raincoast submitted our feedback on one of two discussion papers the Canadian federal government released in May. The…
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Study: Young Fraser River Chinook salmon swimming in chemical soup
Juvenile Chinook salmon in the Lower Fraser River estuary are feeding and growing in a slurry of contaminants, from pharmaceuticals…
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Meet Nicole Van Zutphen, Raincoast’s new Communications Manager
Nicole has joined the team as our new Communications Manager. She is an experienced science communicator, as well as a…
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New film: Shared Water, Shared Crisis
Original Pursuit and Plumb productions have created The Shared Waters of the Salish Sea film trilogy that examines two iconic…
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[Not] Living with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
The Canadian government has completed the construction of the expanded Trans Mountain Pipeline between Edmonton and Vancouver, and oil exports…
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Elizabeth May has presented our House of Commons petition calling for a 1,000 metre buffer around Southern Resident killer whales
Our House of Commons petition asking the Federal government to enact a 1,000 metre buffer around Southern Resident killer whales…
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Bright extinction: Scientists have coined this term to describe the situation facing Southern Resident killer whales
In 2015, scientists from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation teamed up with international experts to model the viability of critically endangered…
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New study coins the term ‘bright extinction’ to describe the failure of Southern Resident killer whales to recover, despite being the best studied cetaceans in the world
Raincoast, in collaboration with a team of international scientists, authored a new study on the potential to recover the critically…
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More hatchery salmon cannot help endangered killer whales
In December 2023, the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, along with six other conservation groups that work on salmon and killer whales,…
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Backgrounder: The court case over the Southeast Alaskan Troll fishery on Chinook salmon
In 2020, the non-profit Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court that challenged the 2019…
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Is it time the critical habitat of endangered killer whales be expanded to include their prey base – Chinook rivers?
Southern Resident killer whales have a special relationship with Chinook salmon; it’s their favourite food, and Chinook abundance is correlated…
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Contact your MLA about the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has been given federal approval to double the size of the shipping terminal in the…
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Letter in Science identifies the contradiction between protecting economic growth and biodiversity in Canada’s Fraser River estuary
The June 30th, 2023 edition of the journal Science features a letter written by Raincoast science staff on the repercussions…
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We supported the US District Court decision to halt the Southeast Alaska troll fishery, but the US appeal court did not
Last week, Raincoast sent a letter in support of the US District court decision to halt the Southeast Alaska troll…
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We support the US District Court decision to halt the Southeast Alaska troll fishery
This letter was written by Raincoast Wild Salmon Program Director Misty MacDuffee in support of the US District Court decision…
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Join us on Pender Island to discuss culture, genes, conservation, and the future of Southern Resident killer whales
Join Raincoast scientists, Dr. Valeria Vergara, Misty MacDuffee and Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard, for Below the surface: Culture, genes, conservation, and…
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Join us for After the Groundswell: film and discussion panel events in Vancouver, Victoria, and Tofino
We invite you to join us in Vancouver, Victoria, or Tofino for a special evening and ‘re-premiere’ of Groundswell, a…
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Trees to Seas EcoExpo and Conservation Conversations
The idea for the Trees to Seas EcoFair was planted from a springtime suggestion that Raincoast and the Pender Conservancy…
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Employment opportunity: Salmon Ecologist
Are you a salmon conservation enthusiast with strong quantitative skills (that you like using) and a graduate science degree? We…
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The Gauntlet, a salmon story foretold
World Fish Migration Day celebrates the wonders of migratory fish and raises awareness of the many obstacles that can prevent…
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Future Ecologies podcast dives into the Terminal 2 expansion project
The largest container port in Canada is poised to get even larger. Listen to these interviews and learn about the…
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