Giving back to what you love
As I made my way up the last stretch of grassy slope on a mild spring morning, turning toward the…
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Monitoring on the edge: tracking Southern Residents from a Pender Island bluff
This is our third year monitoring the Pender Vessel Restricted Zone (VRZ), a protected area designed to reduce disturbance to…
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After dark with the Southern Residents
Raincoast’s hydrophone deployed off of Pender Island captured nearly five hours of Southern Resident killer whale (SRKW) vocalizations during an…
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Engaging the next generation of land healing stewards
This year, Raincoast’s Salish Sea Emerging Stewards and Forest Conservation programs collaboratively launched the multi-year Land Healing Stewards Initiative. This…
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Introducing the Land Healing Stewards Initiative
As Raincoast’s on-the-ground work, community engagement, and collaborations are key to our research and conservation successes, the Forest Conservation Program…
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Mother Trees and mycorrhizal fungi on Pender Island
According to Dr. Rachel Holt, single mature trees in the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) biogeoclimatic (BEC) zone have a disproportionate ecological…
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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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A chance to make your support for the protection of KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest go further
It has been just over a year since Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Pender Islands Conservancy announced our intention to…
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Notes from The Field: My First Experiences With Raincoast
I first met the crew of the Achiever in July of 2021 through my work with the Reefnet Revitalization Program….
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Register for our webinar series about conservation and resilience in the Gulf Islands
Join us at noon every Wednesday in November for an hour-long expert panel discussion followed by a 30 minute question…
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Ethics of Making the Location of Big Trees Accessible to the Public
Pender Island and big trees Pender Islands are located within the rapidly diminishing Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone. These islands, along…
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Webinar: Tree Protection in the Islands Trust
The Islands Trust is a unique form of local governance in British Columbia. Upon recognizing the ecological significance of the…
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Job opportunity: TFN/Raincoast Stewardship Program Assistant
If you are interested and you meet the selection criteria, please respond to jobs [at] raincoast [dot] org with your…
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Carbon stewardship workshop focusing on Gulf Islands forests and coasts
Later this month, Raincoast, along with partners at Transition Salt Spring, Brinkman Earth Systems, and a number of other independent…
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You did it: 13 acres in 3 months!
We are excited to announce that together with the Pender Islands Conservancy, we have raised the funds required to purchase…
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Permanent protection of S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest now within reach!
In November, when Raincoast teamed up with the Pender Islands Conservancy to purchase 13-acres of Coastal Douglas Fir forest on…
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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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The home stretch to permanently protect S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest
It was in late November when we launched our initiative to purchase and permanently protect the S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest. We…
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A future for the Gulf Islands’ forests
Raincoast’s newest initiative aims to protect Coastal Douglas-fir forests and associated habitats across the Gulf Islands. These are some of…
