Wolf Stories: Reflections on science, ethics, and moral practice (Part 1)
Drs. Michael Paul Nelson, John A. Vucetich, and Joseph Bump share their insights on ethics and moral practice in conservation.
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: Classifying place
In this article, Del Meidinger who led the development of the BEC system in British Columbia and was responsible for technical quality and standardization of methods and concepts for the BEC program, provides a simple explanation of the BEC system.
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Ottawa greenlights megaport project, furthering extinction trajectory of endangered killer whales
In approving Terminal 2, the federal government has seemingly ignored the findings of their own review process, which found the project will have lasting effects on threatened Chinook salmon and endangered southern resident killer whales.
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Alaska has been ordered to stop intercepting BC-bound Chinook salmon
In May, 2023, a US federal judge issued a ruling to halt the troll fishery off southeast Alaska’s west coast, saying the permits that enable the fishery do not properly protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales.
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Reflecting on the recent IPCC report and what we can do
Though the conclusions of the International Panel on Climate Change report are grim, protecting and restoring natural ecosystems is an effective step.
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Delegating to the Islands Trust: The 30×30 challenge
Forest Conservation Program Director Shauna Doll made a delegation to Islands Trust Council urging them to incorporate biodiversity protection.
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Proposed green waste facility in burnaby axed after public outcry and grassroots organizing
The battle over the location of Burnaby’s Green Recycling and Organics (GRO) facility has been framed as a choice between climate progress and habitat preservation, when in fact its ability to advance climate progress is weak at best.
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Reduced genetic diversity: another challenge facing the Southern Resident killer whales?
As charismatic mega-predators, killer whales have no equal. Historically feared, respected, in some cultures revered, we now know them to be intelligent and highly social. They also have fascinatingly strong ideas about what constitutes food, with different populations having vastly different preferred prey. Not surprisingly, then, the plight of the critically endangered salmon-eating Southern Resident…
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 5: Experimental forest restoration methodologies
Together this community of practice has been developing new approaches to manage growing concerns around the degraded condition of BC’s forests.
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Local engagement: letters to elected representatives can help make change
Raincoast scientists have been engaging in work related to conservation action on the Gulf Islands for many years.
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Bear tourism instead of bear hunting
Part of the story was featured on From Our Own Correspondence, a BBC podcast.
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 4: Managing fire in a climatically uncertain future
As previous installments of the Field Files series have established, since settler arrival in the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) zone, forests have been extensively harvested. The consequence of this widespread, industrial-scale logging is predominantly second growth forests that are not only lacking in biodiversity and natural complexity, but also at a higher risk of burning in…
