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    Media Release: Public participation required for oil spill simulation

    2014 August 252024 July 8

    Raincoast and the Georgia Strait Alliance are teaming up with the City of Vancouver today to conduct an oil spill simulation on the Fraser River and in Burrard Inlet…

    Read More Media Release: Public participation required for oil spill simulationContinue

  • A grizzly bear sitting in the water in the intertidal zone
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    Grizzly bears have colonized unprotected islands in the Great Bear Rainforest: Media Release

    2014 July 52024 July 8

    A collaboration of wildlife scientists from Raincoast, UVic and the Spirit Bear Research Foundation of the Kitisoo -Xais’ Xais’ Nation have published a study in the international peer-reviewed journal, PLOS ONE, documenting grizzly bears on the move to coastal islands.

    Read More Grizzly bears have colonized unprotected islands in the Great Bear Rainforest: Media ReleaseContinue

  • Pacific salmon swimming underwater along a creek bed.
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    Fishing plan decreases protection for BC’s endangered salmon

    2014 June 252024 July 8

    Conservation groups are concerned federal fishing plan impacts endangered salmon runs when sustainable fishing alternatives are available…

    Read More Fishing plan decreases protection for BC’s endangered salmonContinue

  • A large salmon is lying on the ground in a river.
    Backgrounders | Scientific literature

    Spawning pink and chum salmon provide benefits to coho

    2014 June 92024 July 8

    Research from SFU and Raincoast scientists shows juvenile coho salmon benefit from dining on the carcasses of spawning pink and chum salmon.

    Read More Spawning pink and chum salmon provide benefits to cohoContinue

  • Original Joe’s backs Raincoast
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    Original Joe’s backs Raincoast

    2014 April 122024 July 8

    Media release / Victoria, B.C.
    CHEERS !!! Original Joe’s Restaurant and Bar gives Raincoast over $2300 from its community pint program…

    Read More Original Joe’s backs RaincoastContinue

  • Pipeline, above ground, spanning from close-up to the horizon.
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    Environmental groups launch lawsuit over flawed Northern Gateway report

    2014 January 172024 July 8

    Raincoast and three other ENGO’s have launched a lawsuit to block the federal Cabinet approval of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline…

    Read More Environmental groups launch lawsuit over flawed Northern Gateway reportContinue

  • A close up image of several herring.
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    Study shows Pacific herring provide a subsidy to coastal ecosystems

    2014 January 92024 July 8

    Scientists at Raincoast and UVic have traced a relationship between spawning Pacific herring and organisms that live way up in the high intertidal zone…

    Read More Study shows Pacific herring provide a subsidy to coastal ecosystemsContinue

  • A grizzly bear standing near a boat in the water.
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    Economic study shows coastal bears worth far more alive than dead

    2014 January 72024 October 8

    A new economic study released today shows once again that grizzly bear viewing is worth far more to the provincial economy than the trophy hunting of these iconic animals on the coast of BC…

    Read More Economic study shows coastal bears worth far more alive than deadContinue

  • Grizzly wades through water with salmon in its mouth
    Backgrounders | Scientific literature

    Stress and reproductive hormones in grizzly bears reflect nutritional benefits and social consequences

    2013 November 272024 July 8

    Salmon declines could have long-term effects on grizzly bear health, conclude scientists from Raincoast in a study published today in the scientific journal PLOS ONE…

    Read More Stress and reproductive hormones in grizzly bears reflect nutritional benefits and social consequencesContinue

  • A bottle of pale ale next to a glass.
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    Original Joe’s & Okanagan Spring Brewery support Raincoast through Community Pint Program

    2013 November 122024 July 8

    How great is this? Help protect the coast by drinking beer. It’s true, Original Joe’s Restaurant & Bar and Okanagan Brewery have teamed up to help Raincoast. All you have to do is order a beer…

    Read More Original Joe’s & Okanagan Spring Brewery support Raincoast through Community Pint ProgramContinue

  • 3 smiling trophy hunters kneel behind the dead grizzly they have killed.
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    Management by BC government gambles future of grizzly bears

    2013 November 62024 July 8

    Scientists from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, SFU, and UVIC have authored the first peer-reviewed study of BC’s controversial grizzly bear management…

    Read More Management by BC government gambles future of grizzly bearsContinue

  • A yellow box with a qr code on it.
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    Media release: Salish Sea drift card drop today

    2013 October 282024 July 8

    Today, Raincoast and Georgia Strait Alliance launch the second phase of a new initiative to study the potential spread of an oil spill in the Salish Sea…

    Read More Media release: Salish Sea drift card drop todayContinue

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