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  • A grizzly bear looks out over the misty forests of the Great Bear Rainforest.
    Conservation updates

    Jubilation over NDP decision to stop grizzly hunting in British Columbia

    2017 December 182024 July 8

    Raincoast Conservation Foundation is hailing the NDP government’s announcement ending grizzly hunting in not only the Great Bear Rainforest, but the entire province. It is an enormous conservation victory for wildlife in British Columbia…

    Read More Jubilation over NDP decision to stop grizzly hunting in British ColumbiaContinue

  • A Sitka Spruce shows how much money we've already raised: $150,000.
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    On our way to securing the Nadeea tenure

    2017 December 142024 July 8

    We launched the campaign to raise $500,000 to purchase the Nadeea commercial hunting tenure the end of November. Now on behalf of Raincoast and our Coastal First Nations partners, I’m happy to report significant progress…

    Read More On our way to securing the Nadeea tenureContinue

  • A grizzly bear stands in the long grass on the shores of the Great Bear Rainforest: Save the Great Bears.
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    Raincoast submission on the grizzly hunt consultation

    2017 November 92024 October 8

    On November 1, 2017, Raincoast submitted our comments to the Province of British Columbia’s grizzly hunt consultation process…

    Read More Raincoast submission on the grizzly hunt consultationContinue

  • An oil tanker is hit by a wave in heavy seas.
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    Why Canada needs to codify Bill C-48, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act

    2017 November 62024 July 8

    Misty MacDuffee travelled to Ottawa last week to give testimony to the House of Commons’ Standing Committee in support of Bill C-48…

    Read More Why Canada needs to codify Bill C-48, the Oil Tanker Moratorium ActContinue

  • Southern Resident Killer Whales in the Salish Sea.
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    New research indicates increasing Chinook salmon abundance and reducing disturbance is essential for Southern Resident killer whale recovery

    2017 October 262024 July 8

    Our new study shows a 25% chance that these iconic whales could be lost within the next 100 years. With appropriate and resolute actions, however, this risk of extinction could be significantly reduced…

    Read More New research indicates increasing Chinook salmon abundance and reducing disturbance is essential for Southern Resident killer whale recoveryContinue

  • Killer whales in a tight formation on the BC coast.
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    New Raincoast research paper examines the “what if” of oil spills

    2017 July 262024 July 8

    New research examines 21 marine mammal species present in BC waters and ranked them according to the potential for deleterious consequences in the event of an oil spill…

    Read More New Raincoast research paper examines the “what if” of oil spillsContinue

  • A grizzly bear wades into the shallows, with Achiever anchored in the background: "Last day to win"
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    Help us to consign the trophy hunt to history

    2017 June 302024 July 8

    Yes. Today is your last chance to win a unique 10 day adventure with Raincoast. Aboard our research vessel, Achiever, you’ll visit the estuaries and watersheds where bears…

    Read More Help us to consign the trophy hunt to historyContinue

  • A sow and her cubs munch on grass at Grassy Point
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    Where the salmon-loving bears roam

    2017 June 162024 July 8

    After years of field work and collaboration, and months in the Raincoast lab, we’re very excited to share some insights from a new study, due for publication soon, that reveals habitat hotspots for grizzly bears across BC…

    Read More Where the salmon-loving bears roamContinue

  • A humbpack feeds
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    Submissions and public documents on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project

    2016 October 132024 July 8

    Putting the Great Bear Rainforest at risk, the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project posed serious implications for the wildlife of coastal British Columbia through habitat destruction associated with increased tanker traffic and the very real threat of diluted bitumen spills. Raincoast was an intervenor in the CEAA/ NEB (joint panel) review process and, along with First Nations, filed legal challenges to the project’s approval by the NEB and the federal government. Those legal challenges were successful and upheld by the Canadian Federal government.

    Read More Submissions and public documents on the Enbridge Northern Gateway ProjectContinue

  • Raincoast researcher studies a salmon bearing stream
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    Juvenile salmon & small streams

    2015 August 112024 July 8

    The Great Bear Rainforest is home to over 2,500 salmon runs from more than 5,000 spawning populations. Many of these rivers are still intact, offering a unique opportunity to study the linkages between salmon and the larger food web. However, salmon in this region are faced with increasing threats, many of which have depressed and extirpated salmon populations throughout the Pacific Northwest. Some of our previous work to understand ecology, status of, and threats to coastal salmon populations is linked below.

    Read More Juvenile salmon & small streamsContinue

  • Aerial view of the tar sands.
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    Canada’s tar sands: bringing pipelines, tankers and climate disruption to an ecosystem near you

    2011 April 132024 July 8

    Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project invites the world’s largest supertankers and dirtiest oil to the unspoiled waters of coastal British Columbia.  Similarly, Kinder Morgan’s Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion would dramatically raise the level of tanker traffic traversing through Vancouver, the Fraser estuary and the Gulf Islands.  For more on Kinder Morgan proposal click here. Read below for a…

    Read More Canada’s tar sands: bringing pipelines, tankers and climate disruption to an ecosystem near youContinue

  • A woman wearing a t - shirt that says don't spoil our coast.
    Conservation updates

    Enbridge faces strong opposition from Heiltsuk

    2010 November 42024 July 8

    Representatives for Enbridge were in Bella Bella to present their case for the Northern Gateway pipeline. Raincoast’s Doug Brown, a member of the Heiltsuk First Nation, was at the event…

    Read More Enbridge faces strong opposition from HeiltsukContinue

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