Raincoast updates
Notes, details, updates and miscellaneous thoughts.
Published on 2020.12.10 | by Shauna Doll, Gulf Islands Forest Project Coordinator | in Conservation update, Raincoast updates
On December 1st, Raincoast and Pender Islands Conservancy announced a match funding campaign in support of protecting S’DÁYES Flycatcher Forest on North Pender Island: we will be gifted $50,000 if we can raise the same amount with individual donations. We are now only $12,000 away from unlocking this $50,000! Can you help bring us to […]
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Published on 2020.11.27 | by Alex Harris, Communications Associate | in Raincoast updates
We have partnered with Ecologyst and an incredibly talented Tsleil-Waututh artist, Ocean Hyland, to make these exclusive 1200 Wolf Tee Shirts…
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Published on 2020.10.08 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in Raincoast updates
The new year-long training program in the Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program provides leadership skills and provides the Junior Leaders the opportunity to connect with local scientists, educators and Indigenous knowledge keepers…
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Published on 2020.10.07 | by Brian Falconer, Guide Outfitter Coordinator | in Raincoast updates
I first visited the Kitlope Valley thirty years ago aboard the Maple Leaf at the invitation of the Haisla and Xenaksiala people who were fighting to save their homeland from clearcut logging. This was the beginning of my own journey…
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Published on 2020.10.06 | by Shauna Doll, Gulf Islands Forest Project Coordinator | in Raincoast updates
Measuring the heights of trees in the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) zone is quite a feat. In mature CDF forests (which, unfortunately, are increasingly hard to find), individual trees can grow up to 90 metres tall! But in the Gulf Islands, where most forests have been cut at some point in the not-so-distant past, second growth […]
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Published on 2020.10.02 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in Raincoast updates
Raincoast has also had to adjust how we educate students, shifting from our transformative experiential and place-based learning to predominantly virtual, online engagement…
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Published on 2020.09.28 | by Raincoast | in Raincoast updates
Denis Tuzinovic, a Bosnian refugee, grew up in Chicago after immigrating to the US in 1996. He is now based in Seattle, WA and started volunteering for Raincoast in 2018. In his spare time Denis is an avid book reader, marathon runner, and enjoys hiking in the Pacific Northwest…
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Published on 2020.07.29 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in Raincoast updates
The pandemic has impacted our lives in many ways, particularly with regard to learning in schools and experiential programming. Teachers have had to fast-track their technological skills and shift from their regular face to face connections with students to engaging through online learning. Raincoast knows this first hand as we were literally one week away […]
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Published on 2020.07.02 | by Raincoast | in Raincoast updates
Michael Soulé’s work has been central to the growth of conservation science. He has been called the grandfather of conservation biology. Soulé has been an important source of knowledge, counsel, and insight to many of the scientists at Raincoast Conservation Foundation. May 28, 1936 – June 17, 2020 Thoughtful counsel and generosity My last conversations […]
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Published on 2020.03.26 | by Raincoast | in Raincoast updates
The senseless trophy killing of Staqeya (Takaya), the iconic ‘lone wolf’ made famous by his stay on Discovery Island, once again brings to the fore the full-spectrum persecution of Canis lupus in BC…
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Published on 2020.03.18 | by Raincoast | in Raincoast updates
We encourage all of our supporters to stay informed and follow government advice, including social distancing, stay connected, and look out for each other…
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Published on 2020.02.10 | by Raincoast | in Raincoast updates
We are now busy raising the remaining funds to meet our $650,000 target for the Kitlope tenure. We’ll soon be updating you as to how close we are to that target…
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