Raincoast: Publications

2010 02/18

Notes from the Blood Shed

By Ian Jansma, Research Assistant

Denny Island Field Station

When I signed up as a volunteer on Raincoast’s salmon-carnivore study, I didn’t realize I’d be spending my days up to my armpits in blood. In the moist, pungent darkness of the ‘Blood Shed’, I mix fish oil and cow’s blood into a frothy cocktail with a stench so eye-wateringly acrid, yet so sickly sweet, that it will be irresistible to grizzly bears. (more…)

2010 01/28

Tracking Raincoast into 2010

2009 12/08

The Gift of Conservation

spirit bear TimGive the Gift of Conservation
Chris Genovali, Executive Director

Three pillars form the underpinnings of Raincoast Conservation Foundation’s mission: informed advocacy, scientific research, and environmental ethics. Informed advocacy drives all Raincoast’s conservation efforts; it’s a distinctive approach that has earned us a unique niche in the environmental movement. (more…)

2009 09/15

Tracking Raincoast into 2009

2009 09/14

Distribution and abundance of marine mammals in coastal BC

Williams, R. and L. Thomas. 2007. Distribution and abundance of marine mammals in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 9(1):15-28

Marine mammal abundance paper.pdf

Designing line transect surveys for the BC coast

Thomas, L., R. Williams, and D. Sandilands, D.  2007.  Designing line transect surveys for complex survey regions. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 9(1):1-13,

Survey Design Paper.pdf