Help protect Spirit bears
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.
Conservation updates
Our news and updates on our campaigns and projects.
Matching campaign success for KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest!
This brings our fundraising total for the first three weeks of our campaign to $152,000!
Progress update on KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest fundraising campaign
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.
A chance to make your support for the protection of KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest go further
Mere days into our 18-month fundraising campaign, a $75,000 matching gift has been pledged.
Shooting wildlife with cameras, not guns: the new conservation economy
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.
We are off to a great start to stopping commercial trophy hunting in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest Tenure
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%!
Launching our newest tenure acquisition
At 18,239 km2 it covers a quarter of the Great Bear Rainforest.
Unpredictability of spills and how we are addressing them
This capacity will complement – but not replace – the capacity of government agencies and industry, and is intended to deliver expert technical support to First Nations and communities.
Plastic pollution threatens salmon, whales and people
Plastics from just about every sector can now be found all over the world – from mountain tops to the seafloor, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, and from our homes to the ocean. A modern-day scourge that is blighting remote beaches and shorelines, getting mistaken for food by wildlife, and getting into the foods…
Meet Dr. Peter Ross, Director of Raincoast’s new Healthy Waters program
Dr. Peter Ross, an internationally recognized ocean pollution expert, joined the Raincoast team this summer, bringing a wealth of relevant experience and knowledge that we are excited to have.
Dr. Peter S. Ross to lead a new water contaminants program
There is an urgent need for a more comprehensive approach to monitoring water pollution in British Columbia. For these reasons, and more, we are excited to announce that Dr. Ross is leading the new Healthy Waters Program at Raincoast. He will bring new focus, and new reach, to our efforts to safeguard salmon, whales, and people.
Behind the scenes of the multi-faceted Lower Fraser Salmon Conservation Program
Our recent Lower Fraser Salmon Recovery Brief provides an update on our collaborative research, restoration and conservation initiatives underway. Below, we provide overviews of these efforts under each recommendation, which are further outlined in the Briefing.