Memories of Sailing with the Salmon People
As we stared out over the shimmering water of the Salish Sea, we all stood in awe of the beauty…
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What do wildlife do when no one is watching?
Remote cameras are assisting researchers at the Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab to answer pressing conservation questions along the coast…
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Our first restoration project is complete!
As the barge pulls away, it’s hard to believe that it has been four years since we started our work…
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Scat, tracks, and spawning salmon: following signs of wolves along the south coast
“What a beautiful day,” our colleague Ian Hamilton notes, looking at the golden morning light filtering through leaves that are…
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An autumn spent tracking bald eagles and spawning salmon
It’s just past dawn in an estuary where land and freshwater meets the sea on the East Coast of Vancouver…
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On hope
“I’M A MONSTER!!!” Riley yells triumphantly, ripping out an enormous daphne plant. Metallica plays in the background. Pulling Daphne, or…
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Revealing the true extent of lost salmon habitat in the Lower Fraser River
Nearly everyday, I walk by a monument memorializing Brewery Creek, a historical creek that meandered through the intersection of Kingsway…
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Reciprocity and Research – how Raincoast and the Wuikinuxv Nation collaborated on ecosystem-based fisheries management research
In this summer of drought and heat and fires, of coast-wide fisheries closures, and tense politics around the stewardship of…
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Fraser River juvenile salmon, upstream and in the estuary
Darkened oval markings (parr marks) reach below the lateral line of a squirming salmon and we all knew what we…
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An Influx of Information
Having graduated from highschool in June of 2020, I’d always imagined I’d be writing and researching this winter. I just…
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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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Bringing a stewardship program to my home community
This summer I had the opportunity to work with Raincoast Conservation Foundation in bringing a stewardship program to my home…
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W̱SÁNEĆ youth on Achiever explore the Salish Sea
This past October 19th, I finally got to go on an Achiever trip, something I had been looking forward to…
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Restoring the Upper Pitt River
On three, we haul the lead line in. One, two, three! I kneel in the stream holding up the seine…
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Year two of grizzly bear behaviour monitoring in the Atnarko Corridor, Nuxalk Territory
Patience, attention to detail, and the ability to adapt are a few human qualities that many strive to attain. Grizzly…
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Protected: Notes From the Field: Monitoring an active restoration project… in a pandemic
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A winter on S,DA’YES in a future ancient forest
It was a profoundly silent winter morning. The forest was vividly awake. Twin sister red cedars, the sacred XPÁY, grow…
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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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Notes from the Great Bear
A grizzly bears strolls an estuary walled by granite cliffs down which countless waterfalls drop hundreds of feet, as if…
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Connecting the invisible to the visible
As modern scientists, we frequently deal in abstraction. We are separated from the species and ecosystems we study often by…
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The best summer camp on earth?
Our research and outreach vessel, Achiever, just returned from one of the most inspiring trips of the year. Let me…
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Creating transformative experiences for students on the Salish Sea
Passengers of all ages aboard Achiever have experienced awe, belonging, and even transcendence while communing with nature. People are transported…
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Breaking new estuary ground on the Steveston Jetty
This week we break new ground…literally! Raincoast has now begun construction of three breaches of the Steveston Jetty. The Steveston…
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Join us in the Great Bear Rainforest in 2019
We woke up to rain this morning, which was a welcome sound. The summer of 2018 has been hot and…
