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: Blueprint for governance
As of 2018, more than one third of the unique populations of Fraser River salmon and steelhead are considered at risk of extinction. Additionally, there are more than 100 other species of conservation concern just within the Fraser estuary.
Toward a vision for salmon habitat in the Lower Fraser River
This is a crucial time for wild salmon that depend on the Fraser River. We identify systemic problems of governance and land use that have created this situation and offer six recommendations as next steps to put salmon and their habitat on a trajectory to ecological resilience.
Trans Mountain Expansion
The executive summary highlights the risks posed to wild salmon in the Lower Fraser River from a Trans Mountain pipeline or oil tanker spill. It finds there is no time of year when the effects of an oil spill would be negligible on salmon species in the Lower Fraser. It identifies the river’s unique features, the nature of diluted bitumen, and the failures of the TMX environmental assessment.
Our Threatened Coast
Our 2016 report, Our threatened Coast: Nature and Shared benefits in the Salish Sea demonstrates how the region’s biological diversity –its plants and animals- is captured in our values, has shaped our cultural identity and is linked to economic benefits in the billions of dollars. It considers what is at stake from a host of proposed coastal energy and shipping projects.
Embroiled
The potential consequences to wild salmon from Northern Gateway’s proposed oil tankers and oil terminal are not a risk worth taking.
What’s at stake
This popular report discusses ecological implications of oil tankers on the BC coast. It stems from Raincoast’s five years of marine surveys but emphasizes the broader ecological context.
