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Fear itself can help restore ecosystems
A new study by Raincoast scientists and collaborators demonstrates that the fear top predators inspire can have cascading effects down the food chain critical to maintaining healthy ecosystems.
Conservation groups urge the NEB to reject Kinder Morgan pipeline
“The quantity of Kinder Morgan’s evidence does not make it quality evidence,” said Karen Campbell, Ecojustice lawyer for Raincoast and Living Oceans.
Value of the Salish Sea revealed in new report
Raincoast’s new report encourages decision makers and residents to fully consider what is at stake from a host of proposed coastal energy and shipping projects.
Province quietly extends public consultation period on Peace Region grizzly and wolf hunt proposals
Press Release: BC government has extended its public feedback period to January 31, for proposals to increase trophy killing of wolves and grizzly bears.
Media release: NHL’s Clayton Stoner in court today on multiple charges for grizzly killing
NHLer Clayton Stoner is appearing in court today to face multiple charges regarding his trophy killing of a well-known grizzly bear…
Raincoast and partners go to court to quash Enbridge pipeline approval
Environmental groups are in court today making the case for why the federal government’s approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline should be revoked…
Conservation groups call for salmon protection in the face of extreme conditions
Six conservation groups are calling on DFO to act on unprecedented river conditions by reducing mixed stock fisheries and protecting spawning salmon…
Novel species interactions: black bears respond to Pacific herring spawn
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…
Witnessing extinction: habitat loss, caribou and the 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…