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From grizzlies and humpbacks to young Raincoasters and nudibranchs, follow the annual northward transit of Raincoast’s research vessel Achiever from Nanaimo to Bella Bella…
Six conservation groups are calling on DFO to act on unprecedented river conditions by reducing mixed stock fisheries and protecting spawning salmon…
Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali, Special to Vancouver Sun
Raincoast discusses the future of Canada’s endangered southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea…
Raincoast scientists publish a comment in the Cambridge journal ‘Environmental Conservation’: the use of strychnine to poison wolves is unacceptable.
Large carnivores on our coast are not just charismatic, they are critical components of coastal food webs; they keep landscapes functioning and species abundance from imbalance…
Dr. Chris Clark, acoustic expert from Cornell University, describes how noise and disturbance from vessels in the Salish Sea are likely impacting killer whales…
Expert report on the viability of the southern resident killer whale population in the face of existing and future threats within their critical habitat of the Salish Sea…
Don’t miss Return of the River on June 26 at Esquimalt High School Theatre, 7-9 pm. Join Raincoast and other members of the Roundtable for killer whale recovery…
On May 27 Raincoast filed four submissions to the NEB on our concerns regarding Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain Expansion…
Raincoast researchers document the first scientific evidence of a cross-ecosystem interaction between Pacific herring and black bears, two prominent species that play substantive roles in coastal ecosystems…
Raincoast has initiated a billboard campaign to raise public awareness about the ill-conceived and inhumane BC wolf cull…
Eight environmental groups applaud a recently published scientific report that reveals how much habitat the caribou in the South Peace region have lost…