Ilona Mihalik stands in front of an epic Grizzly bear photo as part of the One Shot for Coastal Carnivores exhibit.
Photo by Sherwin Arnott / Raincoast Conservation Foundation.

Friday is the last day to make a bid in our online auction

One Shot for Coastal Carnivores exhibit and auction is ending on Friday, December 14 at 6:00pm Pacific.

By Ross Dixon 2 min. read

The online auction of our wildlife photography exhibit, One Shot for Coastal Carnivores, is coming to a close this week.

The gallery showings at the Karen Cooper Gallery, Vancouver, Robert Bateman Centre in Victoria and at the Audain Art Museum, Whistler, have been a whirlwind and a great opportunity to rally support behind the campaign. It’s been inspiring for Raincoast to see so many support our goal, with our Coastal First Nations partners, to end commercial trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest.

Before we took the pieces down one final time this Sunday, I took the time for one last look. From selecting the images with April Bencze (thanks April), to hanging them, moving them and packing them up one last time, it’s hard not to become a little attached. Each picture captures a moment spent with individuals, each worthy of all the care we can afford, regardless of any value they bring to us.

The skill of the photographers captured this and I encourage you to read the story of each photograph, each coastal carnivore, and learn more about the photographers to whom we owe such a huge debt of thanks.

You can still support the campaign and keep a memento through the purchase of a limited edition print and you have until Friday at 6pm to make your bid [icon icon=”external-link”].

The money raised all supports our Safeguarding Coastal Carnivores campaign.

Online auction [icon icon=”external-link”]

Visitors inspect the giant photos at the Audain Art Gallery, in support of the Coastal Carnivores campaign.

My bid was for April’s piece, so I was both disappointed and delighted when I was quickly outbid. Whether through a print, purchase of one of the pieces, or a donation, you can return a thanks to coastal carnivores by permanently safeguarding 2,350 square kilometers of the Nadeea tenure and maybe your wall can host a keepsake and reminder of your support for this.

Bidding is open until Friday at 6:00pm.

Buy a print [icon icon=”external-link”]

  • Hosted by Maureen Gordon, Raincoast Board Chair and Co-owner of Maple Leaf Adventures.
  • Two women stand in front of the One Shot for Coastal Carnivores exhibit at the Robert Bateman Centre.
  • Two women stand in front of the One Shot for Coastal Carnivores exhibit at the Robert Bateman Centre.
  • Chris Genovali poses in front of Robert Bateman wall at One Shot for Coastal Carnivores.
  • Father and son from Esquimalt nation pose in front of Cristina Mittermeier's photo at One Shot for Coastal Carnivores.
  • Two people pose in front of Bertie Gregory's photo at One Shot for Coastal Carnivores.
  • The Karen Cooper Gallery has a light on and the store is full of beautiful pictures.
  • The entrance to Granville Island has a sign up that says, "Granville Island."
  • Visitors enjoy the photos at Audain Art Museum, donated to raise money for Coastal Carnivores.
  • Someone inspects a photo, close up, at the Audain Art Museum.
  • Susan holds up the print that she won at the One Shot for Coastal Carnivores exhibit at Robert Bateman Centre.
  • Jennifer Walkus, conservation, and fisheries management from Wuikinuxv Nation.
  • Brian Falconer and Ross Dixon smiling at the set up of the One Shot for Coastal Carnivores exhibit.
  • The Safeguard Coastal Carnivores Sitka is at $447,000!!

You can help

Raincoast’s in-house scientists, collaborating graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professors make us unique among conservation groups. We work with First Nations, academic institutions, government, and other NGOs to build support and inform decisions that protect aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and the wildlife that depend on them. We conduct ethically applied, process-oriented, and hypothesis-driven research that has immediate and relevant utility for conservation deliberations and the collective body of scientific knowledge.

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 wildlife habitats.

Coastal wolf with a salmon in its month.
Photo by Dene Rossouw.

Audain Art MuseumGranville IslandKaren Cooper Gallerylegacy 2One Shot for Coastal CarnivoresRobert Batemen CentreRoss DixonSafeguard Coastal CarnivoresVancouverVictoria