Raincoast Conservation Foundation
We use rigorous, peer-reviewed science and community engagement to further our conservation objectives. We call this approach ‘informed advocacy’ and it is unique amongst conservation efforts. We investigate to understand coastal species and processes. We inform by bringing science to decision makers and communities. We inspire action to protect wildlife and their wilderness habitats.
Save the Great Bears
Working with our Coastal First Nations partners, our goal is to acquire all remaining commercial hunting tenures in the Great Bear Rainforest. You can help us extinguish guided hunting. You can help us stop the killing…
Oil-Free Coast
Putting the Great Bear Rainforest at risk, the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project posed serious threats to the wildlife of coastal British Columbia from the noise and spills of tanker traffic. Raincoast was an intervenor in the JRP review process, and along with First Nations, filed legal challenges to the project’s federal approval. In 2016, the federal government finally rejected the Northern Gateway proposal.
Flagship Projects
Raincoast’s goal is to conserve and protect the habitats and resources of umbrella species to ensure the future for all species that exist on different scales. Our flagship projects include primary research and conservation efforts on wild salmon, large carnivores, and marine species, including marine mammals, marine birds, and Pacific herring.
Latest News
And the winner is…
We met up today to draw the name of the lucky winner of our Save the Great Bears draw! We can’t thank you all enough for your smiles and energy and donations…
Conservation Update – Help us to consign the trophy hunt to history
Yes. Today is your last chance to win a unique 10 day adventure with Raincoast. Aboard our research vessel, Achiever, you’ll visit the estuaries and watersheds where bears…
Fish-eating bears are fitter bears
New research by scientists at Raincoast and UVic shows how the lives of salmon and bears in BC are inextricably linked and underlines the importance of ecosystem protection to keep both species healthy…
One week left to enter and win a trip in the Great Bear Rainforest
There’s one week left and everyone at Raincoast is hoping that if you haven’t already entered our contest, you will before July 1st. You can help us stop the killing of bears, and you can win a ten day trip in the Great Bear Rainforest…
New dietary study reveals salmon hotspots for grizzly and black bears across 700,000 square kilometres
This study represents a decade of work covering an area reaching 1000km into BC and provides resource managers – Indigenous and Western alike – with dietary information from hundreds of bears across thousands of square kilometres, shedding light on the ecological interconnections of ecology in the expansive bear-salmon-human system…
