Trail running to safeguard the Nadeea tenure
The day of the XTERRA trail run felt full of exciting successes – I finished the run under my goal…
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Giordano Corlazzoli: Running for Coastal Carnivores
Hello there! My name is Giordano, but most people know me as Gio. This summer I am embarking on a…
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Endangered killer whales still await real action
Two weeks ago Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau held a press conference in Vancouver to essentially re-announce the same measures…
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Win a wildlife adventure with Raincoast
Each fall Raincoast’s research vessel, Achiever, sets sail to visit our commercial hunting tenures in the Great Bear Rainforest. Our…
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Misty MacDuffee speaks with Adam Stirling about the death of L92
The federal government has made several announcements designed to reduce threats to Southern Resident killer whales. With the death of…
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Trans Mountain is now Taxpayer Mountain
The Canadian federal government’s move to purchase the Trans Mountain oil sands pipeline project from Texas based Kinder Morgan is…
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Government declares “imminent threat” to survival of Southern Resident killer whales
Early in 2018, our lawyers at Ecojustice petitioned the federal ministers responsible for the recovery of Southern Resident killer whales…
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Protecting (marine) subsidies – nutrient flows from ocean to land
Each spring along the coast of British Columbia, the typically calm nearshore waters begin to churn with thousands of spawning…
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Misty MacDuffee speaks to lack of government action on Southern Resident killer whales
What is the government of Canada doing to protect the Southern Resident killer whales? The threat to these killer whales…
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Oil tankers: a killer for whales
The 29th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill quietly came and went a few weeks ago. The lack of…
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Feds’ fisheries announcement a welcome first step: groups renew call for killer whale emergency order
Conservation groups are applauding today’s announcement from Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Dominic LeBlanc and Minister of Environment and Climate…
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Pacific herring spawn events influence nearshore subtidal and intertidal species
Although we know that herring play a pivotal ecological role in nearshore ecosystems, from a scientific perspective little is known…
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Confronting the elephant (head) in the room – researchers challenge the conservation community on the ethics of trophy hunting
Writing in the scientific journal, Conservation Letters, an international team of conservation scientists is challenging the conservation community to fully…
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Conservation Letters: The elephant (head) in the room: A critical look at trophy hunting
Writing in the scientific journal, Conservation Letters, an international team of conservation scientists argue that trophy hunting – hunting that…
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On the hunt for science in ‘science-based’ hunts
For years, British Columbia’s wildlife management practices, especially its wolf cull and grizzly bear hunt, have been controversial. In 2015,…
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Notes from the (pre) field: “Caution – bear research in progress”
Heralded by the song of the varied thrush, April comes to an end and a renewed energy fills Raincoast’s Applied…
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Predictions from machine learning ensembles: marine bird distribution and density on Canada’s Pacific coast
In February of 2017, a team of researchers from five research facilities published their findings in Marine Ecology Progress Series:…
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Trans Mountain expansion poses unacceptable risk to Salish Sea
Is Canada’s national interest best aligned with a Texas pipeline company? The suggestion of bailing out U.S.-based Kinder Morgan and…
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Criteria for a good catch: A conceptual framework to guide sourcing of sustainable salmon fisheries
Researchers from Wild Fish Conservancy, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, and the University of Montana are proposing an alternative framework for certifying…
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Raising the bar on fisheries certification and sustainably harvested salmon
Do you rely on labels like the blue checkmark (i.e. the Marine Stewardship Council) or other certification stamps to guide…
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Mismeasured mortality: correcting estimates of wolf poaching in the United States
This scientific paper, published in 2017 by the Oxford University Press on behalf of American Society of Mammalogists, was conducted…
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New regulations take effect in BC to stop trophy hunt of grizzly bears: interview roundup
This is the first April 1st since 2001 that the trophy hunting of grizzly bears will not take place. It’s…
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Conservation groups put ministers on notice over Southern Resident killer whales
Media release April 5, 2018 VANCOUVER – Conservation groups are putting Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna and…
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BC Bear Day, April 7, Capilano University
Come celebrate BC Bear Day this Saturday. Raincoast and its partners are hosting a free family friendly event for the…
