Artists for an oil-free coast
50 artists- some of Canada’s most celebrated and many who are First Nations – are taking up paintbrushes and carving tools to portray Canada’s magnificent Pacific coast…
Raincoast
Raincoast is a team of conservationists and scientists empowered by our research to safeguard the lands, waters and wildlife of coastal British Columbia. Read more about Raincoast.
Coast oil spill will be ‘catastrophic’
Oceanside Star
By Pamela Suzanne SmythIt’s not if but when a spill will happen as a result of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, Brian Falconer, from Raincoast Conservation Foundation, told a crowd at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre…
Earth Day presentation on YouTube
Raincoast’s Brian Falconer was one of the featured speakers at “Earth Day 2012 – Dedicated to an Oil Free Coast.” Brian’s presentation is now posted on YouTube…
Salmon farms as a source of sea lice: Raincoast responds
Raincoast biologist responds to DFO on the impact of salmon farms. Published in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Surfer Chris Malloy on the making of Groundswell
Outside Magazine Online
Chris Malloy, who, along with a team of B.C. surfers and Raincoast’s Chris Darimont, sailed along the coast on a surf safari/reconnaissance mission to see the proposed tanker shipping lanes. The result is Groundswell…
Pipeline spill would put 34 parks at risk
Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
Dozens of parks and protected areas in B.C. would be at risk of a spill from the proposed Enbridge pipeline says a new study by RaincoastResearchers map risks posed by Northern Gateway pipeline to BC parks
The Tyee
By Adam Pez April 24, 2012A Canadian-based team of scientists have produced the first peer-reviewed study on the threat Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline poses to B.C. parks and protected areas, finding 34 spots under threat of spills downstream of the pipeline…
Protecting wildlife can sustain our future, too
Times Colonist
Raincoast says despite the knowledge that many species depend on salmon, humans have never managed fisheries with wildlife in mind…Earth Day event for the love of coastlines
Peninsula News Review
April 20, 2012By Arnold Lim
After 35 years, Brian Falconer still loves navigating B.C.’s coastlines. Unfortunately he finds himself navigating the political landscape, as often as the geological one, and wishes for a day that is no longer the case…
The bear necessities of the salmon fishery
Vancouver Sun
As Earth Day approaches on Sunday our thoughts turn to two of the most iconic species in BC, wild salmon and grizzly bears, as well as their intertwined relationship and how the choices we make are inextricably linked to their fates…
Using grizzlies to assess harvest-ecosystem trade-offs in salmon fisheries
Researchers at Raincoast and UC-Santa Cruz investigate how letting more salmon reach spawning streams can benefit bears, the ecosystem and even long‐term fishery catches…
Sidney Northern Gateway Slideshow
Saturday April 21 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, BC with Saanich-Gulf Islands MP Elizabeth May and Emcee Arthur Black…
