The BC government is seeking a five-year approval to continue culling wolves
Since the BC government started killing wolves in 2015, 1,429 wolves have been trapped, hunted or shot from low-flying aircrafts…
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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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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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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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On ensuring animal welfare in research using live capture
A recent journal article, published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution, draws attention to the need for consistent and high…
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Unpredictability of spills and how we are addressing them
Spills of oil and chemicals into British Columbia’s freshwater and ocean environments have killed fish, degraded habitat, and led to…
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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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Information about killer whale protection measures, what’s still needed, ongoing threats, population statistics, and data
Whale watching operators and recreational fishers are routinely violating the 400-metre protection zone buffers around Southern Resident killer whales. Some…
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Plastic pollution threatens salmon, whales and people
Plastics from just about every sector can now be found all over the world – from mountain tops to the…
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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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Meet Dr. Peter Ross, Director of Raincoast’s new Healthy Waters program
Dr. Peter Ross, an internationally recognized ocean pollution expert, joined the Raincoast team this summer, bringing a wealth of relevant…
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New research shows the influence of salmon abundance on the movement of bald eagles
Bald eagles are mobile and opportunistic scavengers that are often viewed as ubiquitous across the coast of British Columbia where…
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Mirror, mirror on the wall: The wolf as scapegoat
“We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to…
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DNA analysis of grizzly bears aligns with Indigenous languages
Along the central coast of what is now known as British Columbia, Gitga’at, Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk), Wuikinuxv, Nuxalk, and Kitasoo/Xai’xais First…
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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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They’re everywhere: research finds polyester fibres throughout the Arctic Ocean
The Arctic has long proven to be a barometer of the health of our planet. This remote part of the…
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Interview: Big tree registries, BC’s logging practices and Nerdy about Nature
Last month, Raincoast released a video series demonstrating how to measure trees and nominate them to Big Tree Registries across…
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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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Advancing urgently needed tree protection policy in the Islands Trust
This summer, I had the privilege of working with Raincoast as their Tree Protection Policy Intern. The main focus of…
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Report: Tree Protection Bylaws in British Columbia
Tree bylaws protecting trees on private property exist in many municipalities throughout BC. The Gulf Islands, governed by the Islands…
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Quantifying lost habitat for Pacific salmon in the Lower Fraser
For perhaps the first time ever, researchers have mapped out the true extent of habitat loss for salmon in the…
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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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Research: Fisheries management of the Wuikinuxv bear-salmon-human system guided by n̓àn̓akila and data
Guided by the Wuikinuxv principle of n̓àn̓akila (to keep an eye on something or someone; a protector or guardian), a…
