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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Sign our official petition to tell the federal government to reject Roberts Bank Terminal 2
As we wait for the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Honourable Steven Guilbeault, to decide whether to approve…
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Opposed to the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion? You’re not alone
The list of groups opposed to the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion includes several First Nations, a suite of conservation…
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Bear tourism instead of bear hunting
Safeguarding Coastal Carnivores, our longest running campaign to date, is our initiative to stop all commercial trophy hunting in the…
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Job Posting: Water Quality Coordinator
We are seeking an energetic and committed candidate who will coordinate sampling and analysis of samples as part of the…
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Mark-Selective Fishery: a backgrounder
Fisheries and Oceans Canada has proposed opening five new Chinook fisheries in April 2023. These fisheries would directly harm threatened…
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Join us for Season 2 of Wolf School!
In 2020 during the pandemic, Raincoast hosted the first rendition of Wolf School – six live webinars with guests ranging…
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Introducing the British Columbia Big Tree Project map
The Pender Islands Big Tree Registry (PIBTR or “the registry”), established and managed by Raincoast Conservation Foundation, is one of…
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Your voice is needed now to stop Roberts Bank Terminal 2
The clock is ticking for the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Honourable Steven Guilbeault, to decide whether to…
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 4: Managing fire in a climatically uncertain future
As previous installments of the Field Files series have established, since settler arrival in the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) zone, forests…
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What does Canada’s ban on the manufacture and import of six types of single-use plastics mean?
Plastics are everywhere. Even when we try to escape from our plastic-crazy world, we run into it on our favourite…
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Southern Resident killer whales not getting enough to eat since 2018
The endangered Southern Resident killer whale population isn’t getting enough to eat, and hasn’t been since 2018, a new study,…
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Land protection in some of Canada’s most threatened terrestrial habitats
Raincoast established the Forest Conservation Program (formerly known as the Gulf Islands Forest Project) in 2019 with the intention of…
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Meet Allison Dennert, Raincoast’s new Quantitative Salmon Ecologist
Allison Dennert has joined our Wild Salmon Program team as a Quantitative Salmon Ecologist. She will conduct scientific research and…
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From laundry to the ocean: fixing the microplastics problem in clothes
Plastic pollution might be on everyone’s mind these days, with discarded fishing nets, beverage cups, bottles, straws and grocery bags…
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Guide government action for Southern Resident killer whale recovery before Feb 19
The federal government is accepting your input, through a survey, for this year’s recovery and threat reduction measures for endangered…
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We did it! KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest has been protected!
In just over 12 months, Raincoast and the Pender Islands Conservancy raised $2.18 million to purchase and permanently protect the…
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New research proves that nutrients from the sea can increase terrestrial plant growth and reproduction
The relationship between terrestrial and marine environments within an ecosystem is essential. Newly published research from Simon Fraser University shows…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: The biodiversity potential of privately-owned land
Reports of the immediate actions required to prevent further global warming and biodiversity loss are becoming increasingly frequent. One of…
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Meet Auston Chhor, Raincoast’s new Wild Salmon Governance and Policy Analyst
Auston Chhor has joined our growing Wild Salmon Program team as a Governance and Policy Analyst. He will focus on…
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Fly with care: avoiding disturbance when using drones to study cetaceans
Drones have been widely used in the last decade for a host of wildlife studies. They’ve been particularly helpful to…
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 3: Mapping the watershed
Multiple practitioners working under the umbrella of the Maxwell Creek Watershed Project (MCWP or “the Project”) have contributed to this…
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Nearly 40 years of predator reduction efforts have not enhanced moose harvests, study says
Since 1994, Alaska Intensive Management (IM) law effectively has mandated predator reductions to achieve higher sustained yield for human harvest…
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New adventures, old relationships
After a long journey from Vancouver, my colleague Persia Khan and I finally arrive in Port Hardy to meet Achiever….
