Backgrounders
Materials to provide context, establish facts, and aid understanding.
Management by BC government gambles future of grizzly bears
Scientists from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, SFU, and UVIC have authored the first peer-reviewed study of BC’s controversial grizzly bear management…
Media release: Salish Sea drift card drop today
Today, Raincoast and Georgia Strait Alliance launch the second phase of a new initiative to study the potential spread of an oil spill in the Salish Sea…
Motion to implement Killer Whale Action Plan supported by Raincoast
Federal MP Randall Garrison introduced a motion to the House of Commons to protect BC’s southern resident killer whales. Raincoast is in full support…
Open letter goes to Jimmy Pattison to solve his fleet’s fishery problems
Raincoast, Watershed Watch and SkeenaWild write an open letter to Jimmy Pattison to resolve salmon conservation issues in BC fisheries…
Conservation groups say federal investigation is scapegoating fishermen
Conservation groups handing over video say DFO and Pattison Group are scapegoating fishermen instead of addressing real issue…
DFO response misleads public: bows to corporations
The three conservation groups that publicly revealed the blatant waste of valuable salmon expected some “push back” from DFO but did not expect them to purposefully mislead the public…
New evidence shows thousands of unwanted salmon are needlessly killed when no one is watching the fishermen: Groups want oversight
Video evidence released today shows that tens of thousands of wild salmon are being needlessly killed because the federal government is refusing to adequately monitor fisheries…
Raincoast secures ‘Spirit Bear’ trophy hunting territory
On the heels of coastal First Nations’ declaration opposing the grizzly and black bear hunts, Raincoast has purchased the commercial hunting rights to a large portion of the Great Bear Rainforest
23rd Anniversary of Exxon Valdez: Have we learned anything?
The answer appears to be a resounding “no,” given the support to expand Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline and the dramatic escalation in oil tanker traffic that will accompany it…