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Reports and books

As a natural extension of our primary scientific literature, Raincoast also compiles popular reports designed to inform the public, stakeholders, and decision makers on conservation issues relevant to coastal British Columbia.

Report cover: Wild Salmon, Pipelines, and the Trans Mountain Expansion: A salmon in the Fraser River, with sunlight streaming in behind.

Toward a vision for salmon habitat in the Lower Fraser River

A Conservation Prospectus for the Fraser River Estuary

Report: Blueprint for governance

Trans Mountain Expansion

What’s at stake: The cost of oil on BC’s priceless coast

Salmon Reports

Wolf Reports

Grizzly Reports

Marine Mammal Reports

Reports & Books

Drone image of the floodplain in the Fraser River Estuary at sunset.

Cycles, seasons and sediment of the Fraser Estuary

Posted on June 24, 2021

Killer whales glide by in water, with a mountain and fog looming in the background, and a cover of the book, Spirits of the Coast, in the foreground.

A bond through salmon, language and grandmothers

Posted on June 5, 2020

Salmon art with a forest on the side of the salmon and orange polka dots around it.

Toward a Vision for Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser River

Posted on March 4, 2020

Dave Scott holds a small salmon fry in a measuring device on the Lower Fraser.

New report: Wild Salmon, Pipelines, and the Trans Mountain Expansion

Posted on August 8, 2018

Coastal bird populations and Big Oil

Posted on May 12, 2017

Our Threatened Coast

Posted on September 12, 2016

Marine Birds of the Raincoast by Caroline Fox

At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast

Posted on September 12, 2016

Pacific salmon swimming underwater along a creek bed.

Conservation concerns for DFO’s 2016 salmon fishing plan

Posted on May 4, 2016

Investigate. Inform. Inspire.

Reports and books

Reports & Books

Upgrades & bug reports

Tracking Raincoast into 2021