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Success! We now have the downpayment for the Kitlope tenure

Published on 2019 07 30 | by Ross Dixon, Communications & Development Director | in Conservation update

A grizzly bear wanders along a grassy bank in the Kitlope: a graphic identifying that the downpayment is achieved floats on top with a map of the coast.

At this point it’s worth pausing to reflect on what we’ve already accomplished. With your support, and working with Coastal First Nations, thus far we have acquired the commercial trophy hunting rights in approximately 33,500 square kilometers. For perspective, that’s an area bigger than Vancouver Island…

Join Raincoast in Victoria to view this unique exhibit and help us stop commercial trophy hunting

Published on 2018 10 31 | by Ross Dixon, Communications & Development Director | in Events

One Shot for Coastal Carnivores comes to the Robert Bateman Centre in Victoria in November.

The Bateman Centre will serve as a backdrop for this unique photography collection with contributions from April Bencze, Tavish Campbell, Karen Cooper, Colleen Gara, Bertie Gregory, Melissa Groo, Brad Hill, John Marriott, Cristina Mittermeier…

Coastal carnivore conservation in the Pacific Northwest – The Collective, Seattle

Published on 2018 10 30 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in Events

Proceeds from the event will help secure a fourth commercial trophy hunting tenure, the Nadeaa tenure, that will add protection in the Great Bear Rainforest…

Safeguard Coastal Carnivores with Patagonia Vancouver, August 9

Published on 2018 08 06 | by Raincoast | in Events

A bear stands ready: poster for a Safeguard Coastal Carnivores event in Vancouver

The Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Coastal First Nations are working together to help end the trophy hunting of all large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest. We have already acquired the trophy hunting rights in approximately 30,000 square kilometres of BC’s Great Bear Rainforest, permanently ending commercial trophy hunting of grizzlies, black bears (some of […]

Brian Falconer on Global News: Conservation group secures virtual end to all hunting in critical part of Great Bear Rainforest

Published on 2017 12 05 | by Raincoast | in In the News

Brian Falconer stands in a rainforest and explains the importance of securing the Nadeea tenure.

Raincoast’s Brian Falconer speaks to Global News about the importance of the new campaign to secure the Nadeea commercial hunting tenure and end trophy hunting …

Brian Falconer interview re: the politics of wildlife management

Published on 2017 06 07 | by Sherwin Arnott | in In the News

The view of the coast through the front window of a research vessel on the water.

Brian Falconer joined Pamela McCall on CFAX 1070 last week to discuss the proposal in March by MLA Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, to create a destructive new “wildlife agency”…

CFAX Interview with Raincoast’s Brian Falconer about the trophy hunt

Published on 2013 09 24 | by Raincoast | in In the News, Interviews

CFAX interviews Raincoast’s Brian Falconer about our call for an investigation into Clayton Stoner’s killing of a grizzly bear using a “BC resident” license…