Press releases

A new study challenges a widespread assumption that wildlife management in North America is science-based. Scientists from Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison examined management documents relating to most hunted species across Canada and the USA. They found the key hallmarks of science often missing. The study, “Hallmarks of science…

VANCOUVER – A coalition of conservation groups from Canada and the U.S. is calling on the Canadian government to take immediate action to protect Southern Resident killer whales. Ecojustice sent a petition to Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Dominic LeBlanc and Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna on Tuesday, requesting the Ministers recommend Cabinet issue an emergency order…

Sidney, British Columbia, Canada: “We have a record number of grizzly bears in the province, a huge and growing population …”, Christy Clark, then Premier of British Columbia, asserted in 2015, defending her government’s management of a controversial trophy hunt. This authoritative and optimistic statement, which lacked supporting evidence, inspired an international group of conservation scientists to investigate the potential…

Sidney, British Columbia, Canada: The global crises of climate change and extinction imperil all life on Earth, including present and future human generations – i.e., our children and grandchildren. A new scientific publication suggests that powerful means to address these looming threats already exist but are largely overlooked. This commentary by a prominent international team of conservation scientists, environmental ethicists,…

Sidney, BC: Raincoast Conservation Foundation is hailing today’s announcement by the NDP government ending grizzly hunting in not only the Great Bear Rainforest, but the entire province, as an enormous conservation victory for wildlife in British Columbia. Raincoast Conservation Foundation has been working with coastal First Nations for the protection of habitat and life requisites for grizzly bears and other…

SIDNEY, BC – Raincoast Conservation Foundation Having launched a campaign to raise $500,000 in late November to end commercial trophy hunting in an area of more than 2,300 square kilometres of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest (GBR), the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Coastal First Nations have now received significant support from local companies. Combined with donations from the public, Lush…

SIDNEY, BC – Raincoast Conservation Foundation, with the support of Coastal First Nations, has struck a deal to buy a fourth trophy hunting licence in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest. The exclusive commercial licence covers an area of more than 2,300 square kilometres of rich habitat for large carnivores, including grizzlies, black bears, Spirit bears, wolves, cougars and wolverine. The campaign to raise the required $500,000, which includes the purchase price, starts today…

Sidney, BC – Raincoast Conservation Foundation welcomes and strongly supports the announcement by federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc to create a 200-metre protection zone from boats for endangered Southern Resident killer whales. “Minister LeBlanc’s decision to establish a 200-metre buffer between the Southern Residents and boats is vitally important as noise is one of the most significant threats these killer…

Our study published today shows a 25% chance that these iconic whales could be lost within the next 100 years. With appropriate and resolute actions, however, this risk of extinction could be significantly reduce

Victoria, BC — Oct. 24, 2017 — Local expedition cruise company Maple Leaf Adventures is committing a 10-year, $100,000 donation to Raincoast Conservation Foundation, starting today. It’s an example of how tourism business and conservation can work hand-in-hand on the British Columbia coast…

The federal government’s southern resident killer whale Symposium, held this week in Vancouver, failed to identify concrete actions to ensure the recovery of the endangered killer whales, according to seven conservation organizations.

Government cannot avoid legal responsibilities to protect endangered species, conservation groups say VANCOUVER – Conservation groups will be in court tomorrow to challenge the federal Cabinet’s unlawful approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline project and defend BC’s endangered Southern Resident killer whale population. “We have repeatedly said that Cabinet based its approval of this project on an unlawful National Energy…