The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: All about Mayne Island
The Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone (“CDF zone”) is the most biologically diverse in British Columbia. Though the CDF zone is…
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Beaver-based restoration
Decade after decade, forested regions across North America have become increasingly susceptible to wildfire as precipitation patterns dramatically fluctuate, droughts…
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Wildfire, watersheds, and landscape change
In regions across Canada, forests and fire co-evolved alongside each other over millennia. In many cases, this coevolution involved Indigenous…
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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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Conservation in the coast’s most at-risk forest type
After two successful forest acquisition campaigns in two years, Raincoast became a land trust in 2023. We currently co-own and…
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Second annual Big Tree Summit
Following the success of the first ever Big Tree Summit organized by Raincoast in 2021, the 2023 Summit was organized…
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Garry oak and Camas meadows: Replenishing the landscape
In 2023, the Friends of Cortes Island and Linnaea Farm Society released a short film, documenting the restoration of the…
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The Islands Trust is failing to protect water and forests
At the Islands Trust Council’s most recent meeting in September 2023, Local Trustees reached consensus that their legally mandated object…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: So much more than just forests
In the Salish Sea archipelago, island geography has fostered enormous biodiversity. In addition to the charismatic megaflora that make the…
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Fire risk reduction in the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone
Historically, wildfire has been an intermittent but essential disturbance regime in forested ecosystems across the country. In more recent times,…
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Big tree registries offer an opportunity for community engagement and conservation this summer
Big trees are integral to ecosystems and communities of western North America. They support a network of connections – plant,…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: All about owls
As the worst fire season in Canadian historyーdriven by climate change, ecosystem fragmentation, and long-term land-use mismanagementーdecimates forests across the…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: Classifying place
British Columbia’s Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification system divides the province into 16 disparate, but connected zones. Such systems provide insight into…
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Job posting: Big tree intern
The Pender Islands Big Tree Registry is a community science initiative managed by Raincoast’s Forest Conservation Program (FCP). It is…
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Purchasing for protection: A perpetual Sophie’s choice for conservationists
Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Pender Islands Conservancy recently announced the success of their second joint land acquisition campaign in…
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Reflecting on the recent IPCC report and what we can do
This spring marked the release of yet another report by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the AR6 Synthesis…
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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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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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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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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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The story behind our campaign to protect KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest
When Raincoast and the Pender Islands Conservancy made the decision to purchase what is now known as KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest,…
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Fungi Foray with Hugues Massicotte
From October 22-23, 2022, Dr. Hugues Massicotte will be on S,DÁYES for EcoFair, an initiative organized by Raincoast Conservation Foundation,…
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Art supporting science
In the long tradition of arts supporting science, an amazing creative community has come together to support Raincoast and Pender…
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Save the date: Fall EcoFair on S,DÁYES (Pender Island)
Raincoast and the Pender Islands Conservancy have teamed up with local grassroots groups, Penderpod and Pender Earth, to organize a…
