With your help we have completed the purchase of the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure!
Over 700 contributions from around the world were made to help us permanently protect wolves, bears, cougars, and more in this huge tenure.
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5% to go: Donation matching is on!
A generous donor has offered to help get us over the finish line by matching donations until December 22nd.
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What happens after the groundswell?
When the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline was cancelled I was just about to graduate high school. I was starting to find my own footing in the world and where my values aligned. I headed west from Alberta to start university without looking back. What I would learn over the next several years would ultimately shape…
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Launching our newest tenure acquisition
At 18,239 km2 it covers a quarter of the Great Bear Rainforest.
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Thank you for joining our Kitlope webinar
We’ve published the webinar video to our Youtube channel in case you want to watch it again or share it with a friend or network. The campaign video we played at the beginning of the webinar is also online if you want to watch it again…
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Come experience the Kitlope – the next hunting tenure where we plan to safeguard coastal carnivores
On June 17 from 7-8pm Pacific, join Raincoast’s Brian Falconer and Alex Harris to find out how the Safeguarding Coastal Carnivores campaign is progressing, and hear stories from Brian, who has long been involved in protecting the Kitlope…
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Stories from the Magic Canoe, Victoria on November 21st
This November we are inviting you to an evening conversation with author Briony Penn, Raincoast’s Brian Falconer, and photographer Alex Harris, hosted by CBC’s Bob McDonald. They’ll share stories about one of North America’s most important Indigenous leaders, Wa’xaid, Cecil Paul and the watershed he helped protect. Find this event on Facebook. November 21st, UVic…
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Success! We now have the downpayment for the Kitlope tenure
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…
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Join Raincoast in Victoria to view this unique exhibit and help us stop commercial trophy hunting
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…
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Coastal carnivore conservation in the Pacific Northwest – The Collective, Seattle
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…
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Safeguard Coastal Carnivores with Patagonia Vancouver, August 9
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…
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Brian Falconer on Global News: Conservation group secures virtual end to all hunting in critical part of Great Bear Rainforest
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 …
