Listing Roberts Bank Terminal 2 as a Project of National Interest
The evidence does not support treating this project as being in the national interest.
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The evidence does not support treating this project as being in the national interest.
Where the Fraser River meets the sea, an extraordinary web of life converges. This estuary is irreplaceable.
A brief introduction to the field of conservation finance, and how Raincoast will incorporate it into our work to advance a conservation economy pilot.
Fraser River salmon cannot afford to lose any more of the estuary they depend on.
In the rich coastal forests of British Columbia, gray wolves are not just land-based hunters – they become salmon specialists each fall when these fish return to spawn.
The problem is not identifying threats; it is reducing those threats at a scale sufficient to enable recovery. The greatest risk is failing to act.
Too little food. Too much noise. Too much pollution. Ship strikes. This is how extinction happens – one added pressure at a time.
The jeopardy test is a legal line: a project cannot be authorized if it threatens the survival or recovery of a species.
Don’t build new risks into herring’s nursery. Robert’s Bank Terminal 2 and West Coast Oil Pipeline would add different pressures to the same nearshore waters. Pacific herring should not have to absorb both.
Protect wolves, protect entire ecosystems.
Killing wolves to protect caribou may accelerate ecological decline and ultimately diminish long-term caribou survival prospects.
Understanding the ecotype of recovering wolves is critical for conservation, as distinct ecotypes carry adaptations that influence habitat use, diet, and ecological function.