Collecting bear hair: more than a field season
The Bear Project, originally started in 2006 by William Housty and his team at QQS (Eyes) Projects Society, focuses on gaining a greater understanding of bears in Heiltsuk territory.
Notes from the Market
You can find Raincoast at the Moss Street Market on Saturday, August 6th from 10am-2pm and at the Esquimalt Farmers Market on Thursday, August 18th from 4:30-7:30pm.
Connectivity restoration in the Fraser River Estuary continues to show results
This work is part of our Fraser River Connectivity Project, our five-year restoration project to create openings in several of the man-made barriers in the Fraser Estuary that prevent the natural migration of juvenile salmon.
Landslides, clearcuts, and camera traps: surveilling wolves on an industrial landscape
In two field days, we deployed nine remote cameras throughout the valley.
The Kitlope: A place that changes you
Sacred to the Haisla and known as Xesdu’wäxw (Huschduwaschdu), which means “blue, milky, glacial water”, the Kitlope is now the largest protected temperate rainforest on the planet.
Field notes from the Salish Sea aboard Achiever
Early morning, mid-October, I wake to the scent of coffee on Raincoast’s research and education vessel, Achiever.
The Pender Islands Big Tree Registry is helping property owners connect with the forest
We asked one property owner to share her experience with the Big Tree Registry.
Notes from the Field: My first experiences with Raincoast
Working on Achiever gave the Reef Net crew the chance to learn about land restoration, and provided us with get hands-on experience removing invasive plants from QENENIW̱
Memories of sailing with the Salmon People
Raincoast recently began a partnership with Tsawwassen Nation to support Environmental Stewardship programming for youth. The program provided local youth with opportunities to learn about stewardship, environmental restoration and career development.
What do wildlife do when no one is watching?
Remote cameras are assisting researchers at the Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab to answer pressing conservation questions along the coast of British Columbia. These cameras, deployed and managed in collaboration with First Nations partners, create unique possibilities for non-invasive wildlife monitoring.
Our first restoration project is complete!
This project has been the largest connectivity restoration project in the Fraser estuary in decades.
Scat, tracks, and spawning salmon: following signs of wolves along the south coast
Notes from the field about a day looking for signs of wolves.