New research shows how human disturbance keeps grizzlies from their salmon
Published in the journal Ecology & Evolution, a new paper titled “Human disturbance in riparian areas disrupts predator-prey interactions between…
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Help us get our NoiseTracker project off the ground
Numerous organizations and institutions, including nonprofits, First Nations, academia, technical agencies, government, industry, and port authorities, are involved in Acoustic…
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A true paradigm shift? Discerning the fine print of the provincial government’s draft Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework
For over a century, British Columbia’s extraction-based economic and management paradigm has fueled industrial growth, unsustainable land-use, and overharvest, while…
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Job posting: Species Monitoring and Outreach Technician
Raincoast Conservation Foundation is looking to hire a Species Monitoring and Outreach Intern for a 16-week term with possibility of…
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Exploring the secret lives of underwater creatures through DNA
With our Conservation Genetics Lab up and running at the Pacific Science Enterprise Centre, we are excited to begin working…
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Meet Dr. Erin Wall, a new Postdoctoral Fellow with Raincoast
Erin recently joined Raincoast’s Cetacean team as a Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellow in collaboration with the North Coast Cetacean Society…
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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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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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Wolf Stories: Animal welfare and the evolution of animal ethics
In this article, we’ve interviewed David Fraser (C.M., Ph.D.), a Professor Emeritus in the Animal Welfare Program at the University…
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Guide government actions on Southern Resident killer whales recovery: Take the federal survey before February 12, 2024
Raincoast, along with our colleagues at the David Suzuki Foundation, Georgia Strait Alliance, WWF-Canada, and the Natural Resources Defense Council,…
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Letter in Science states that Canada’s wolf cull subsidizes industry
Wolf control, often presented as a ‘solution’ to stabilize caribou populations, ultimately allows continued approval by governments of resource exploitation,…
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Using poop to identify individual killer whales
Have you ever found yourself riveted to a book or show where all the pieces of a crime are being…
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“I say potato, you say potahto”: Geographic variation in contact calls of Canadian beluga whales
Many species of birds and mammals exhibit intraspecific acoustic geographic variation in their vocalizations. This occurs when populations are separated…
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Meet Amy Rowley, Raincoast’s new Cetacean Research Scientist
Amy has joined Raincoast’s Cetacean Conservation Research team as a research scientist. She holds a BSc from the University of…
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Job posting: Salmon Conservation Technician
Raincoast Conservation Foundation is seeking Conservation Technicians to assist with fieldwork for our Wild Salmon Program. Technicians will play a…
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Reports and articles we published in 2023
Together, members of the Raincoast team have authored hundreds of peer reviewed papers. This year, we published four reports and…
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With your help we have completed the purchase of the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure!
It was a great leap of faith when we started fundraising for $1.92 million two years ago. We accepted the…
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The lives and language of whales
As scientists, the questions we ask are designed to improve our efforts to ensure good living conditions for these mammals…
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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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SV Achiever: 20 years of research, conservation, and outreach
1989: Achiever was built in New Zealand and worked in the Arctic supporting wildlife conservation. 2003: Raincoast purchases Achiever and…
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Science and education on the water
Achiever is Raincoast’s magic carpet to remote working environments. While it ensures our safe and comfortable passage, Achiever needs ongoing…
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Place-based, youth centred learning
The Salish Sea Emerging Stewards Program is an innovative science and leadership initiative delivering hands-on environmental education to Indigenous and…
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Restoring habitat, restoring connectivity in the Fraser River Estuary
In 2023, Raincoast continued to restore connectivity in the Fraser River Estuary by placing our second breach into the jetty…
