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  • A lone sandy brown wolf trots along a calm beach, a dark line of dense trees behind them.
    Investigate and inform

    Together, let’s rewrite the story of wolves in BC

    2025 October 202025 October 21

    Protecting wolves is about more than one species—it’s about protecting ecosystems.

    Read More Together, let’s rewrite the story of wolves in BCContinue

  • Drawings of killer whales rest on top of a championship runnoff diagram, on top of ocean water.
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    Let’s talk about why it’s ironic that the orca was just chosen as BC’s Best Symbol

    2025 September 42025 October 2

    This emblem of our province needs our help.

    Read More Let’s talk about why it’s ironic that the orca was just chosen as BC’s Best SymbolContinue

  • The dorsal fin of the killer whale known as J35, or Tahlequah, is seen above the ocean surface as she pushes her dead newborn calf, J61, with her nose.
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    A mother’s grief, a population on the brink

    2025 February 102025 February 12

    This population is on a trajectory to extinction. But trajectories can change. There is still time.

    Read More A mother’s grief, a population on the brinkContinue

  • Researchers walk through a beautiful fern filled forest with giant trees.
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    Connecting the community on all things wildfire in the Coastal Douglas-fir zone

    2025 January 302025 January 30

    We’re discussing topics on ecological forest management for wildfire resilience, recent community wildfire learning events, and highlighting the current voices of wildfire research and management.

    Read More Connecting the community on all things wildfire in the Coastal Douglas-fir zoneContinue

  • Aerial view of four researchers walking through the waters of the Coldwater River.
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    Recapping our environmental flow needs project in the Coldwater River

    2025 January 272025 January 27

    Salmon need water, but in the Nicola Valley water isn’t always easy to come by. Climate change is hitting the Nicola watershed hard.

    Read More Recapping our environmental flow needs project in the Coldwater RiverContinue

  • A close up of a Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus) sits on a small broken branch, with their mouth open in a song, with tiny light and dark brown feathers and an orange mouth.
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    Place-based knowledge enriches our understanding of biodiversity change

    2024 December 82024 December 10

    A recent study of bird communities at Yáláƛi (Goose Island Archipelago) examines how bird communities have changed since 1948, and uses Heiltsuk Knowledge to figure out why.

    Read More Place-based knowledge enriches our understanding of biodiversity changeContinue

  • Our field team navigating to shore on their way to a camera service.
    Investigate and inform

    What forests mean to coastal wildlife

    2024 November 132024 November 25

    We know that old-growth forests provide many important services to coastal species, but when these environments are changed, how does the age, diversity, and structure of these forests influence wildlife communities?  Over the past 14 months, a network of wildlife cameras in Heiltsuk Territory has been collecting images of coastal species so that managers and…

    Read More What forests mean to coastal wildlifeContinue

  • Wolf crossing a road towards a snow covered forest.
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    Wolf Stories: Killing in the name of conservation

    2024 June 252024 December 13

    Ethical and welfare considerations for lethally and non-lethally controlling wild animals.

    Read More Wolf Stories: Killing in the name of conservationContinue

  • Breach that Raincoast made in the North Arm Jetty that is being monitored by multiple people with a large net.
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    Nature-based Solutions: How restoring habitat protects people and wildlife

    2024 May 92024 July 8

    Climate change costs in BC are running in the billions of dollars per year; there are many benefits to Nature-based Solutions.

    Read More Nature-based Solutions: How restoring habitat protects people and wildlifeContinue

  • Two killer whales surfacing.
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    Southern Residents, salmon, and certainty in science

    2024 May 12024 December 13

    Examining the research that compares salmon abundance to Southern Resident killer whale survival and reproduction.

    Read More Southern Residents, salmon, and certainty in scienceContinue

  • Chum swimming along the rocky bottom of a river.
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    Fishy business: the technicalities of fisheries management planning

    2024 April 152024 December 13

    Raincoast submits our annual feedback to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on salmon management.

    Read More Fishy business: the technicalities of fisheries management planningContinue

  • Banana slug on the forest floor.
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    The federal 2030 National Biodiversity Strategy: another vision document or a legally-binding action plan?

    2024 April 92024 December 13

    The recent federal 2030 Biodiversity Strategy outlines the path Canada will take to recover biodiversity, and protect and conserve 30% of lands and waters by 2030.

    Read More The federal 2030 National Biodiversity Strategy: another vision document or a legally-binding action plan?Continue

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