Whale conservation and recovery: our plans for 2023
Raincoast’s new Cetacean Conservation Research Program is premised on the conviction that solutions to the threats facing at-risk species must…
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Our research and education vessel, Achiever
In 2021, Raincoast welcomed a new marine operations manager and Captain, Drew Grav-Graham, to the team. Having made the jump…
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Emerging stewards in the Salish Sea
Since 2016, our Salish Sea Emerging Stewards (SSES) program has been empowering young conservation leaders by connecting youth to place…
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Conserving endangered Gulf Islands forests
The Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) bio-geoclimatic zone is the smallest and most endangered of 16 such zones in British Columbia. According…
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Safeguarding coastal carnivores in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure
Our longest running campaign at Raincoast has been our Safeguarding Coastal Carnivores campaign. We extinguish guided hunting when we purchase…
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Applied conservation science helps inform and empower local decision-making
Should a sockeye salmon enter a fishing net or be left in stream to feed the grizzlies with which the…
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Recovering wild salmon through collaborative conservation
The Fraser is one of the world’s greatest salmon rivers. Despite the Lower Fraser representing only 5% of the entire…
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Rejecting the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion
As a nursery and feeding ground, the Fraser River Estuary connects a food web linking fish, birds, and marine mammals…
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Our new Healthy Waters program
In today’s complex, interconnected and fast-changing world, simplicity comes to mind as a rare but valuable commodity. Healthy family. A…
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100 years later: Reconnecting the Fraser River with its estuary
As we move into 2022, our Fraser River Estuary restoration efforts move towards the next target, the North Arm jetty….
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Recovery progress for endangered whales
In 2018, Raincoast and our conservation partners initiated a lawsuit that challenged the federal government’s lack of action to protect…
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Measurable results
As someone who has pursued a life-long journey as an environmental scientist, I find myself wondering whether today’s ‘science to…
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Why 2020 was not all bad…
As a challenging 2020 comes to an end, it is time to reflect back on the past year and to…
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Photography
We have always been committed to wildlife welfare ethics. This year we published our first Photography Ethics Policy to guide…
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Tracking Raincoast’s impact through 2020
While 2020 was a year of challenge and change we still have a lot to celebrate. We raised funds to…
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The problem with hatcheries and hopes for wild salmon
Pacific salmon are foundationally important to Canada’s wildlife, food security, cultures, and economy. Yet, salmon catches have declined precipitously in…
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Roberts Bank Terminal 2 and the heart of the Fraser Estuary
In March of 2020, a federal review panel concluded that the Terminal 2 shipping expansion project would have significant adverse…
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Southern Residents and recovery
Reversing, or even slowing, our systemic unsustainable human footprint on a time scale relevant to dwindling wildlife populations is a…
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Fostering resilience for 2021 and beyond
Expect the unexpected. Who could have predicted that old adage would so accurately sum up 2020? From the pandemic to…
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Tracking Raincoast into 2021
Things slow on the way into winter. This year it certainly feels like you and I have earned some respite….
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When evidence informs advocacy
When evidence informs advocacy, a potent approach to conservation becomes available. This philosophy underpins everything we do at Raincoast. One…
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Tracking Raincoast’s, past, present, and future
As this decade closes, it’s timely to celebrate what we have collectively achieved for BC’s coast. Raincoast’s past in the…
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Tracking Raincoast into 2019
Read Tracking Raincoast into 2019 online. You can also download Tracking Raincoast into 2019 and share with friends. This past summer, the world’s…
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Tracking Raincoast into 2018
It’s always exciting to release the latest edition of Tracking Raincoast and this year’s edition comes with a great collection…
