Press releases

Online hunting forums reveal ‘achievement’ as prominent among multiple hunting ‘satisfactions’, especially when carnivores are targeted

Sidney, BC – Coinciding with British Columbia’s controversial grizzly bear trophy hunt opening for the fall (and possibly final) season, researchers from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the University of Victoria have shed new light on what satisfies hunters…

Raincoast Conservation Foundation is hailing today’s announcement by the NDP government to end the hunting of grizzly bears in the Great Bear Rainforest as a solid step forward for wildlife management in British Columbia…

Raincoast commends the BC government’s decision to legally challenge the Kinder Morgan mega-project. Today’s announcement reinforces the importance of BC’s most iconic wildlife – the endangered Southern Resident killer whales and Fraser River salmon.

Sidney, BC – A new study by Raincoast Conservation Foundation scientists and academic partners published in the scientific journal Ecosphere identifies areas of the British Columbian coast intensively used by nine marine mammal species, including fin, humpback, and killer whales. Described as “hotspots,” or regions with high densities and diversities of marine mammals, the authors identified areas of importance to…

A new study reveals that many of BC’s marine mammals are at high risk from oil spill impacts. Marine mammals in general are inherently vulnerable to oil spills due to the extended time they spend at the water’s surface, but this study examined specific traits and population considerations among BC’s marine mammals to determine differences.