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What does a wolf eat over the course of a year? How can we find out? Through scat analysis! As we head into 2026, we wanted to share some results from our scat analysis work documenting what recovering wolf populations eat throughout the seasons. While it’s well known that wolves have a strong appetite for…
A coalition of 35 experts from 26 organizations has issued an open letter to push for urgent action to restore Pacific salmon escapement monitoring.
Three no-cost steps would advance the recovery of Southern Resident killer whales and show that environmental protection and fiscal restraint can go hand-in-hand.
New evidence of complex problem-solving in wolves expands our understanding of their intelligence and underscores the need for ethical, evidence-based conservation.
Protecting wolves is about more than one species – it’s about protecting ecosystems.
This emblem of our province needs our help.
At 73 individuals, the southern resident killer whales’ decline since being listed as endangered two decades ago is unfolding in plain sight, despite mounting science on how to reverse it.
In early June, Dr. Peter Ross of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation presented Bowen Island Municipal Council with the results of a comprehensive analysis of pollutants in the Grafton Lake water supply. The findings revealed traces of human waste, highlighting the need for improved watershed management and better public education on responsible residential and recreational best…
Water samples reveal cocaine and other pollutants in drinking water source for half of Bowen island residents.
This population is on a trajectory to extinction. But trajectories can change. There is still time.
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.
Salmon need water, but in the Nicola Valley water isn’t always easy to come by. Climate change is hitting the Nicola watershed hard.