Protecting bears by buying hunting rights
Raincoast now has a purchase agreement for a second commercial hunting territory in the Great Bear Rainforest, specifically in the home of the spirit bear…
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Smooth Sailing for Oil Tankers?
CounterPunch
Christmas Weekend Edition December 24-26, 2010
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee
Recently, British Columbia MP (Member of Parliament) Gary Lunn asserted that professionals should be left to decide on oil tanker routes for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project…
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Pipeline proponents see smooth sailing
Gulf Islands Driftwood
Published: December 22, 2010
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffeeThis past week, Saanich-Gulf Islands MP Gary Lunn asserted that professionals should be left to decide on tanker routes for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project…
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Ruling demands DFO do more for orcas
By Sean McIntyre – Gulf Islands Driftwood
Published: December 15, 2010A coalition of environmental groups from coastal BC is celebrating a federal court’s Dec. 7 decision that confirms DFO failed to protect critical habitat for resident killer whales…
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Black bears prefer waterfront
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
December 18, 2010Remote waterfront property has its limitations when it comes to comfortable, long-term winter accommodation. None of that, though, apparently deters Vancouver Island black bears…
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Legal Victory for resident Killer Whales
A precedent setting legal victory that forces the Canadian federal government to protect the critical habitat of BC’s resident killer whales (salmon eaters) was won this week. CFAX host Murray Langdon speaks with Raincoast’s Misty MacDufee about the case and what it means for the whales. Click here to listen (MP3). Download the judges decision Killer Whale Judgement…
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B.C.’s killer whales, at-risk species score victory in landmark court case
By Suzanne Fournier, The Province
December 8, 2010A conservation coalition made up of nine groups, Ecojustice argued – and won – in court that the federal Fisheries and Oceans has failed to adequately protect killer whales…
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Feds failing to protect killer whale habitat, court rules
By Jeff Nagel – BC Local News
Published: December 07, 2010Conservation groups say they’ve won a major court decision that will force the federal government to do more to protect critical habitat for B.C.’s resident killer whales…
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Judge: Ottawa isn’t protecting whales
Eco-activists hail it as landmark ruling; DFO changes expected
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
December 8, 2010The federal government has failed to adequately protect the habitat of endangered and threatened resident killer whales, a Federal Court judge ruled Tuesday…
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Bottle thrown into the ocean near Hartley Bay gives clues into behaviour of oil spills
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
December 7, 2010A message in a bottle has washed up on the east coast of Haida Gwaii, providing one more piece of a jigsaw puzzle showing the web of currents swirling around the Pacific Ocean…
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The Captain and Kermode
Seaside Times
December 2010
By Chris GenovaliCaptain Brian Falconer has headed Raincoast’s Marine Operations Program for the past eight years, overseeing the operation of our coast guard certified research vessel, Achiever…
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Including wildlife in fisheries management just makes sense
The Northern View
Published: November 30, 2010
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffeeAs this year’s returning wild salmon headed upstream, scientists spawned a game-changing idea about how taking less salmon might bring more benefits to ecosystems and economies…
