News & updates
Land protection in some of Canada’s most threatened terrestrial habitats
Raincoast established the Forest Conservation Program (formerly known as the Gulf Islands Forest Project) in 2019 with the intention of exploring pathways to strengthen protection of the rare and threatened habitats characteristic to the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) zone, particularly on the Gulf Islands. However, land in this region is disproportionately under private ownership, unlike the…
Meet Allison Dennert, Raincoast’s new Quantitative Salmon Ecologist
Allison Dennert has joined our Wild Salmon Program team as a Quantitative Salmon Ecologist.
From laundry to the ocean: fixing the microplastics problem in clothes
Peter Ross was on Wall Street Journal’s, The Future of Everything podcast.
Guide government action for Southern Resident killer whale recovery before Feb 19
The federal government is accepting your input through a survey, for this year’s recovery and threat reduction measures for Southern Resident killer whales.
We did it! KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest has been protected!
KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest has been secured as an essential piece of a larger nature corridor.
New research proves that nutrients from the sea can increase terrestrial plant growth and reproduction
The relationship between terrestrial and marine environments within an ecosystem is essential. Newly published research from Simon Fraser University shows that salmon and marine plants increase both growth and reproduction in terrestrial plants. The findings, “Experimental addition of marine-derived nutrients affects wildflower traits in a coastal meta-ecosystem,” published in Royal Society Open Science show that…
The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: The biodiversity potential of privately-owned land
Registered Professional Biologist and Planner, Adriane Pollard, has been working to improve local protections of Coastal Douglas-fir associated ecological communities for over 25 years.
Meet Auston Chhor, Raincoast’s new Wild Salmon Governance and Policy Analyst
Auston Chhor has joined our growing Wild Salmon Program team as a Governance and Policy Analyst. He will focus on addressing the myriad of threats facing salmon habitats in the Lower Fraser River by progressing governance frameworks, policies, funding structures, and field research initiatives. Auston has a BSc in Biology from Queen’s University and a…
Press releases
Nous vous présentons la forêt KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher
The two organizations are pleased to announce that KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest will be protected in perpetuity.
Introducing KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest
The two organizations are pleased to announce that KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest will be protected in perpetuity.
