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As this year’s salmon head upstream, scientists have spawned a game-changing idea about how taking less salmon from the ocean might bring more benefits to ecosystems and economies…
When watersheds are protected for coastal wildlife such as grizzly bears, spirit bears and wolves, shouldn’t the salmon runs they depend on for food and energy receive protection protected as well?
By Andrew Rosenberger
It was only 8K. When I registered for the race, that was what I kept thinking. I wasn’t worried about the other 2,681 runners and walkers in the 8K race, or about the fact that I had only been running once in the last month…
Patagonia’s 2010 Winter Catalog features Raincoast scientist Dr. Chris Darimont at work in the Great Bear Rainforest…
by Camilla Fox and Chris Genovali
In seemingly contradictory comments, Nova Scotia’s Natural Resource Minister John MacDonnell has acknowledged publicly that coyote bounties “don’t work to control the population…”
Astounding scientists and conservationists, Nova Scotia has declared a coyote bounty. Guised as a “pelt incentive plan” the bounty would provide $20 per coyote. But coyote bounties don’t work to control the population…
Chris Genovali and Camilla Fox discuss the persecution of wolves on both sides of the US/Canada border, despite the use of their presence as icons of wilderness.
By Katherine Dedyna, Times Colonist October 7, 2010
Sunday morning’s GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon will raise a lot more than heart rates. Runners and their supporters are trying to raise $300,000 in conjunction with 22 charities. 18 local non-profits, from the Threshold Housing Society to the Raincoast Conservation Foundation…
Calgary Herald By Margaret Munro, Postmedia News October 1, 2010 Students drop bottles with tracking devices inside into Hartley Bay in B.C. to help scientists learn more about ocean currents. Photograph by: Courtesy, Ian Jansma Jenelle Reece and her schoolmates had just finished tossing hundreds of beer bottles overboard when a humpback and her calf…
by Nick Garbutt, Geographical Magazine BC’s bear populations are intimately connected to the salmon on which they feed. But according to recent research, that connection goes all the way to the forest itself. Read more….. Geographic Magazine_Bears and Salmon.pdf
Check out these images of Raincoast’s research vessel Achiever ‘at rest and at work’ recently taken by our Field Station manager Doug Brown. The ‘at rest’ shot is the boat tied up at the Raincoast Field Station.
By Caroline Fox
The first ever World Seabird Conference was held last week in Victoria (September 7-11, 2010). Over 800 participants from over 40 countries gathered…