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Published on 2019.07.05 | by Alex Harris, Communications Associate | in For the coast
Just days before being asked to go on a last-minute week-long trip to the Kitlope I had been glued to the pages of Cecil Paul and Briony Penn’s new book, Stories From the Magic Canoe. I was invited to visit as a guest aboard Maple Leaf, to capture visuals, to help with fundraising and awareness […]
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Published on 2019.07.02 | by Ross Dixon, Communications & Development Director | in For the coast
2019 marks the second year of a decade-long $100,000 commitment from Maple Leaf Adventures to our research and conservation efforts on the BC Coast and, in particular, the Great Bear Rainforest. As the spring field program for Raincoast’s Salmon Carnivore program comes to an end…
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Published on 2019.05.31 | by Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director & Chris Genovali, Executive Director | in For the coast
One hundred years ago, whaling largely extirpated humpback and fin whales from the inside waters of the B.C. coast. As the federal government looks to codify a 35-year moratorium on oil-tanker traffic into law, these whale populations are recovering and returning to their historic feeding grounds…
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Published on 2019.05.21 | by Brian Falconer, Guide Outfitter Coordinator | in For the coast
While Kitlope is protected from logging, and the current ban protects grizzly bears from hunting, there remains unfinished business in the Kitlope. Until now, commercial guides have been bringing trophy hunters into this place…
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Published on 2019.03.20 | by Chris Genovali, Misty MacDuffee & Paul Paquet | in For the coast
The National Energy Board (NEB) has recommended that the Trans Mountain expansion project should proceed despite the “significant adverse effects” of oil tankers on the critically endangered population of Southern Resident killer whales. Although we disagree with the NEB’s conclusion, their review of the project effects on killer whales is forthright and portrays the severity of the current situation…
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Published on 2019.03.19 | by Christina Service, Raincoast Applied Conservation Lab | in For the coast
Salmon biomass is a measure of the total kilograms of spawning salmon. Many who are in the role of implementing conservation strategies and policies think that when it comes to bears, or terrestrial wildlife, more salmon biomass simply means more eating. However, our recent research published…
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Published on 2019.02.19 | by Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director & Chris Genovali, Executive Director | in For the coast
In order to recover and sustainably manage depleted wild salmon populations, place-based management and the restoration of salmon watersheds is the best way forward given the changing environmental conditions that confront these fish and the value that British Columbians place on them.
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Published on 2019.01.07 | by Kate Logan & Chris Genovali | in For the coast
As noted, Corexit can also be toxic to wildlife. For some species, such as herring embryos, toxicity occurs because Corexit does what it was designed to do: increase the concentration of petroleum hydrocarbons in the water column. However, there is also a growing body of research, much of it conducted in response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010…
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Published on 2018.12.11 | by Ross Dixon, Communications & Development Director | in For the coast
You can still support the campaign and keep a memento through the purchase of a limited edition print and you have until Friday at 6pm to make your bid…
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