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Raincoast executive director discusses the new grizzly bear hunting ban policy announcement

Published on 2017 08 21 | by Raincoast | in Audio

Chris Genovali: let's rethink wildlife management.

On Wednesday, August 16th, Chris Genovali joined Janice & Cory of Roundhouse Radio to talk about the NDP announcement to ban grizzly bear hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest…

Misty MacDuffee explains why Southern Resident killer whales are threatened by industrialization of the Salish Sea

Published on 2017 08 17 | by Raincoast | in Audio

MacDuffee laughs aboard a small boat on the Fraser River.

Misty MacDuffee joined Adam Stirling on CFAX 1070 to discuss the plight of the Southern Resident killer whales. Adam Stirling raises questions regarding the growing threat of oil tankers and shipping traffic…

BC government signals challenge for Trans Mountain pipeline on legal grounds

Published on 2017 08 16 | by Chris Genovali, Executive Director | in For the coast

Sockey salmon with bright red bodies swimming upstream in the Great Bear Rainforest.

The BC government’s announcement to challenge the Trans Mountain pipeline is welcome news for BC’s coast. Raincoast, with its partners, is already challenging the NEB and federal government oil tanker and pipeline approval …

New government moves BC into 21st Century by stopping the hunting of grizzly bears in the Great Bear Rainforest

Published on 2017 08 14 | by Raincoast | in For the coast

A grizzly bear stands in the grass near the shallows of the Great Bear Rainforest, in Canada.

Raincoast is hailing the province’s announcement to end grizzly hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest. We await details of the government’s new policy but anticipate working with the province and First Nations to acquire the remaining commercial hunting territories…

Wildlife-management reform in British Columbia is long overdue

Published on | by Chris Genovali & Paul C. Paquet | in Commentary

A grizzly bear on BC Coast stops to face an eagle.

The province’s recent proposal to privatize wildlife management illustrates the pernicious effect of the North American model on the mindset of government bureaucrats and politicians…

Misty MacDuffee explains the lethal consequences of oil spills, tanker traffic and pipelines

Published on 2017 08 11 | by Raincoast | in In the News

Misty MacDuffee looks over the front of a boat on the Lower Fraser River.

Hear Misty MacDuffee on CFAX 1070 with Pamela McCall discussing oil spill risks to marine mammal conservation including Southern Resident killer whales…

Innovative new research advances marine conservation in BC’s coastal waters

Published on 2017 08 10 | by Caroline Fox | in For the coast

Years of Raincoast surveying marine mammals combined with new mapping techniques provides new insight into areas for potential conservation priority in the waters adjacent to the Great Bear Rainforest…

Research paper maps density patterns and hotspots of BC marine mammals

Published on 2017 07 28 | by Raincoast | in Scientific Literature

An assortment of figures from the paper, Quantifying marine mammal hotspots in British Columbia, Canada

Building on Raincoast’s five years spent surveying marine mammals on the BC coast, a new approach to linking environmental conditions with marine mammal densities has identified hotspots of marine mammal biodiversity…

Great Bear bound: congratulations Matthew Sanger

Published on | by Raincoast | in For the coast

A Grizzly Bear sits down in the middle of a tidal flat in the Great Bear Rainforest.

Thank you to everyone who participated, enjoyed a Grizzly Bar or two, donated, and entered to win the trip. We drew a winner and felt pretty thrilled when we got this response from the winner who is…