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  • Roberts bank terminal 2 in the background with greenery in the foreground.
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    We’re legally challenging the federal government’s approval of Roberts Bank Terminal 2

    2023 May 232024 July 8

    The Canadian government’s approval of Roberts Bank Terminal 2 violates federal law under the Species at Risk Act.

    Read More We’re legally challenging the federal government’s approval of Roberts Bank Terminal 2Continue

  • Boat on a vast forested coastline at sunset.
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    Exploring the Southern Great Bear Rainforest aboard SV Achiever 

    2023 May 102024 October 8

    Right now, we are raising funds to purchase the 18,239 km2 Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure, more than a quarter of the Great Bear Rainforest.

    Read More Exploring the Southern Great Bear Rainforest aboard SV Achiever Continue

  • Morel mushroom on the forest floor.
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    Purchasing for protection: A perpetual Sophie’s choice for conservationists

    2023 May 22024 July 8

    When property prices are too high to protect these places via purchase, can we count on public policy tools to safeguard CDF forests from further degradation?

    Read More Purchasing for protection: A perpetual Sophie’s choice for conservationistsContinue

  • Overhead photo of three Southern Resident killer whales swimming near the top of the water.
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    NoiseTracker: a collaborative initiative that aims to tackle the invisible threat permeating our oceans

    2023 May 12024 July 15

    NoiseTracker is a collaborative initiative that hopes to unite all existing hydrophone operators along the BC coast in a common effort to provide an easily accessible central platform for monitoring ocean noise.

    Read More NoiseTracker: a collaborative initiative that aims to tackle the invisible threat permeating our oceansContinue

  • Elizabeth May with a bald man wearing glasses behind her, holding a paper and looking concerned in a government building.
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    Despite a green light from Cabinet, Elizabeth May presents petition on Roberts Bank terminal expansion in the House of Commons

    2023 April 272024 October 23

    Our petition reached 4,239 signatures.

    Read More Despite a green light from Cabinet, Elizabeth May presents petition on Roberts Bank terminal expansion in the House of CommonsContinue

  • A school of salmon as seen from below in the Fraser River.
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    Sign our official petition to tell the federal government to reject Roberts Bank Terminal 2 

    2023 March 132024 July 8

    This is a legally binding petition. If we surpass 500 signatures, the petition is required to be presented to Steven Guilbeault in the House of Commons.

    Read More Sign our official petition to tell the federal government to reject Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Continue

  • Two Southern resident killer whales surfacing in the ocean.
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    Opposed to the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion? You’re not alone

    2023 March 92024 July 8

    The list of groups opposed to the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion includes several First Nations, a suite of conservation organizations in both Canada and the United States, scientists, Canada’s own federal regulators, local community groups, a church, and a worker’s union.

    Read More Opposed to the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion? You’re not aloneContinue

  • Introducing the British Columbia Big Tree Project map
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    Introducing the British Columbia Big Tree Project map

    2023 February 232024 July 8

    Raincoast’s Big Tree Project map will help connect BC-based community scientists with the big tree monitoring project nearest them.

    Read More Introducing the British Columbia Big Tree Project mapContinue

  • A sandpiper in the Fraser Estuary.
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    Your voice is needed now to stop Roberts Bank Terminal 2

    2023 February 212024 October 23

    The clock is ticking for the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change to decide whether to approve or reject Roberts Bank Terminal 2.

    Read More Your voice is needed now to stop Roberts Bank Terminal 2Continue

  • Land protection in some of Canada’s most threatened terrestrial habitats
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    Land protection in some of Canada’s most threatened terrestrial habitats

    2023 February 72025 December 15

    Raincoast established the Forest Conservation Program (formerly known as the Gulf Islands Forest Project) in 2019 with the intention of exploring pathways to strengthen protection of the rare and threatened habitats characteristic to the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) zone, particularly on the Gulf Islands. However, land in this region is disproportionately under private ownership, unlike the…

    Read More Land protection in some of Canada’s most threatened terrestrial habitatsContinue

  • Allison Dennert standing on a beach in front of the ocean on a cloudy day. She is wearing a mustard coloured jacket.
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    Meet Allison Dennert, Raincoast’s new Quantitative Salmon Ecologist

    2023 February 62024 July 8

    Allison Dennert has joined our Wild Salmon Program team as a Quantitative Salmon Ecologist.

    Read More Meet Allison Dennert, Raincoast’s new Quantitative Salmon EcologistContinue

  • Frog on a blade of grass.
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    We did it! KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest has been protected!

    2023 January 302025 December 15

    KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest has been secured as an essential piece of a larger nature corridor.

    Read More We did it! KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest has been protected!Continue

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