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  • Allison Dennert standing on a beach in front of the ocean on a cloudy day. She is wearing a mustard coloured jacket.
    Conservation updates

    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.
    Conservation updates

    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

  • Auston Chhor sitting in a boat driving.
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    Meet Auston Chhor, Raincoast’s new Wild Salmon Governance and Policy Analyst

    2023 January 232024 July 8

    He will focus on addressing the myriad of threats facing salmon habitats in the Lower Fraser River by progressing governance frameworks, policies, funding structures, and field research initiatives.

    Read More Meet Auston Chhor, Raincoast’s new Wild Salmon Governance and Policy AnalystContinue

  • Banana slug on the forest floor.
    Conservation updates

    A window into the COP 15 Biodiversity Summit

    2022 December 202024 July 8

    Raincoast’s focus at COP 15 has extended beyond our usual BC-based conservation focus to advance ways to implement these world-wide biodiversity targets. 

    Read More A window into the COP 15 Biodiversity SummitContinue

  • Bird in the cold all puffed up.
    Conservation updates

    Over $2 million has been raised to protect KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest

    2022 December 192024 October 23

    It has been less than a year since we launched our campaign to permanently protect KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest and together we have already raised over $2 million.

    Read More Over $2 million has been raised to protect KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher ForestContinue

  • Belted Kingfisher on a branch.
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    All we want for the holidays is a belted kingfisher in a fir tree!

    2022 December 52024 July 8

    As we move into the last thirty days of our collaborative campaign to purchase and protect this 45 acre forest, we are reflecting on all of the reasons why conserving this habitat and others like it is so important.

    Read More All we want for the holidays is a belted kingfisher in a fir tree!Continue

  • Boat on a vast forested coastline at sunset.
    Conservation updates

    This giving season, Raincoast offers you two opportunities to double the impact of your donations!

    2022 November 292024 July 8

    To celebrate the end of the year, we are so happy to be able to offer matching campaigns on two of our most urgent fundraising initiatives. 

    Read More This giving season, Raincoast offers you two opportunities to double the impact of your donations!Continue

  • Illustrated representation of the vision for the Healthy Waters mobile lab, a van, set near the water with mountains and a city looming in the background, and icons surrounding it.
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    Help us design, build, and deploy our new mobile lab

    2022 November 162025 July 16

    We’ve been working behind the scenes to design, build, and deploy a mobile, community-oriented lab in support of healthy waters in BC.

    Read More Help us design, build, and deploy our new mobile labContinue

  • Birds eye view of a forest with development plans over.
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    The story behind our campaign to protect KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest

    2022 November 142024 October 23

    With an approved development plan in place, a road already built, and 15 wells drilled, the “Harbour Hill Subdivision” would have soon claimed this piece of maturing coastal forest and wetland that had so far managed to escape development.

    Read More The story behind our campaign to protect KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher ForestContinue

  • Birds eye view of a coastal forest next to the ocean.
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    Celebrating the success of the first annual EcoFair 

    2022 October 282025 December 15

    EcoFair provided opportunities for land based education.

    Read More Celebrating the success of the first annual EcoFair Continue

  • Some Healthy Waters team members do water sampling over a river and rocks on the lower mainland.
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    Vote to help Raincoast win a Land Rover to launch our mobile lab, Tracker

    2022 October 212024 October 23

    Raincoast has been selected as a finalist to win a Land Rover Defender 130.

    Read More Vote to help Raincoast win a Land Rover to launch our mobile lab, TrackerContinue

  • Overhead view of Coastal Douglas-fir forest.
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    Entering the homestretch of the KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest fundraising campaign

    2022 October 182024 October 23

    Over the past ten months, Raincoast and the Pender Islands Conservancy have raised $1,445,656.46 to protect this special place and secure, in perpetuity,  an old growth forest.

    Read More Entering the homestretch of the KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest fundraising campaignContinue

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