Author: Raincoast | Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Celebrating wild salmon conservation with Michael Snyder, April Bencze and guests

Published on 2017 09 08 | by Raincoast | in Events

A Raincoast scientist walks through the tall grass to get to the shores of the Lower Fraser for salmon testing.

Join us September 13^th at Patagonia Vancouver for food, music, photography and stories that celebrate the foundation of the coast. Music by Rick Buckman Coe. Stories by April Bencze. Photos and more by Michael Snyder ….

Chris Darimont explains “achievement” and hunter satisfactions in carnivore hunting

Published on 2017 09 06 | by Raincoast | in Audio

A black bear stares out from the intertidal zone on the BC coast.

On August 29, Dr. Chris Darimont joined Pamela McCall on CFAX 1070. They discussed new research that can help shed light on what satisfies hunters and some of the implications for carnivore hunting in BC…

Research: online hunting forums identify achievement as prominent among multiple satisfactions

Published on 2017 08 30 | by Raincoast | in Scientific Literature

Achievement is the kind of satisfaction that is most prominent for hunters.

Researchers from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the University of Victoria have shed new light on what satisfies hunters. Reporting in the peer-reviewed journal Wildlife Society Bulletin, they found that the dominant satisfaction expressed in online hunting stories is achievement…

Raincoast executive director joins CBC’s BC Almanac to talk about the new grizzly bear hunting ban policy announcement

Published on 2017 08 26 | by Raincoast | in Audio

Chris Genovali: let's end the hunting of large carnivores in BC.

Last week Chris Genovali joined CBC’s BC Almanac to talk about the NDP announcement to ban grizzly bear hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest. BC Almanac also interviewed Andrew Weaver and Jesse Zeeman of the BC Wildlife Federation about the proposed…

Canada’s Wild Salmon Policy: an assessment of conservation progress in British Columbia

Published on 2017 08 24 | by Raincoast | in Scientific Literature

Figures from a research paper an assessing conservation progress in British Columbia

This paper, co-authored by two Raincoast biologists, finds that Canada’s Wild Salmon Policy has failed to improve the conservation of Pacific salmon since its adoption in 2005…

Raincoast executive director discusses the new grizzly bear hunting ban policy announcement

Published on 2017 08 21 | by Raincoast | in Audio

Chris Genovali: let's rethink wildlife management.

On Wednesday, August 16th, Chris Genovali joined Janice & Cory of Roundhouse Radio to talk about the NDP announcement to ban grizzly bear hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest…

Misty MacDuffee explains why Southern Resident killer whales are threatened by industrialization of the Salish Sea

Published on 2017 08 17 | by Raincoast | in Audio

MacDuffee laughs aboard a small boat on the Fraser River.

Misty MacDuffee joined Adam Stirling on CFAX 1070 to discuss the plight of the Southern Resident killer whales. Adam Stirling raises questions regarding the growing threat of oil tankers and shipping traffic…

New government moves BC into 21st Century by stopping the hunting of grizzly bears in the Great Bear Rainforest

Published on 2017 08 14 | by Raincoast | in For the coast

A grizzly bear stands in the grass near the shallows of the Great Bear Rainforest, in Canada.

Raincoast is hailing the province’s announcement to end grizzly hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest. We await details of the government’s new policy but anticipate working with the province and First Nations to acquire the remaining commercial hunting territories…

Misty MacDuffee explains the lethal consequences of oil spills, tanker traffic and pipelines

Published on 2017 08 11 | by Raincoast | in In the News

Misty MacDuffee looks over the front of a boat on the Lower Fraser River.

Hear Misty MacDuffee on CFAX 1070 with Pamela McCall discussing oil spill risks to marine mammal conservation including Southern Resident killer whales…