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  • Grizzly bear swimming in an estuary.
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    Our down payment is in…are you?

    2022 March 292024 July 8

    Since we launched our campaign to purchase Raincoast’s sixth commercial trophy hunting tenure, we have raised nearly $290,000!

    Read More Our down payment is in…are you?Continue

  • Close up of a Belted Kingfisher with trees in the background.
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    Between now and Earth Day, every dollar donated to KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest will be doubled!

    2022 March 152024 October 23

    The purchase and permanent protection of this property is an ambitious undertaking by Raincoast and our partners at the Pender Islands Conservancy Association. We must raise $2.1 million. In pursuit of this goal, today we released our campaign video to introduce our community to KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest with an announcement: between now and Earth Day,…

    Read More Between now and Earth Day, every dollar donated to KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest will be doubled!Continue

  • Drone photo of North Arm jetty.
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    Another jetty, another breach project

    2022 March 92026 August 13

    The project we are undertaking is to create a breach in the North Arm jetty

    Read More Another jetty, another breach projectContinue

  • Small mushroom growing among moss and lichen.
    Conservation updates

    Update on KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest

    2022 March 22024 July 8

    With the ongoing support of our community of supporters, protecting this land in perpetuity will become a reality.

    Read More Update on KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher ForestContinue

  • Chinook salmon swimming in a river.
    Conservation updates

    You cannot ‘offset’ extinction

    2022 February 242026 August 13

    Globally, only 15.5% of the world’s coastal regions remain ecologically intact. In British Columbia, the Fraser River Estuary has already lost 85% of its floodplain habitat and over 100 species that live there are at risk of extinction. Now, they face another threat. 

    Read More You cannot ‘offset’ extinctionContinue

  • Spirit bear with a black bear cub standing in a river.
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    Help protect Spirit bears

    2022 January 162024 October 8

    The Kitasoo Xai’xais and Gitga’at Nations are proposing to close black bear hunting within their respective territories in a small area of the Great Bear Rainforest with the highest concentration of Spirit bears.

    Read More Help protect Spirit bearsContinue

  • Close up of a Belted Kingfisher with trees in the background.
    Conservation updates

    Matching campaign success for KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest!

    2022 January 102024 July 8

    This brings our fundraising total for the first three weeks of our campaign to $152,000!

    Read More Matching campaign success for KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest!Continue

  • Some wee humans walk between the giant tress of KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest on Pender Islands.
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    Progress update on KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest fundraising campaign

    2022 January 42024 October 23

    KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest is located on the Traditional Territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ people and is home to rare and threatened ecosystems characteristic to the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone.

    Read More Progress update on KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest fundraising campaignContinue

  • Belted kingfisher sits in a tree with their head plume looking very majestic.
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    A chance to make your support for the protection of KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest go further

    2021 December 222024 October 23

    Mere days into our 18-month fundraising campaign, a $75,000 matching gift has been pledged.

    Read More A chance to make your support for the protection of KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest go furtherContinue

  • Spirit bear walking in a river.
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    Shooting wildlife with cameras, not guns: the new conservation economy

    2021 December 162024 July 8

    Eliminating commercial trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest will give us and our guests on the Afterglow I the chance to enjoy thriving, healthy ecosystems and we are proud of the small role we played in making this happen. 

    Read More Shooting wildlife with cameras, not guns: the new conservation economyContinue

  • Grizzly bear swimming on a sunny day.
    Conservation updates

    We are off to a great start to stopping commercial trophy hunting in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest Tenure

    2021 December 22024 October 8

    Last week we launched our campaign to stop commercial trophy hunting in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest Tenure and we were met with so much support that we’ve already raised $145,110 of our total goal of $1.92 million – that’s 7%! 

    Read More We are off to a great start to stopping commercial trophy hunting in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest TenureContinue

  • Aerial photo of an inlet in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest
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    Launching our newest tenure acquisition

    2021 November 252024 October 8

    At 18,239 km2 it covers a quarter of the Great Bear Rainforest.

    Read More Launching our newest tenure acquisitionContinue

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