Kick off to Bella Bella Bear Season
The 2014 field season of grizzly research in the Great Bear Rainforest is underway; being led by Raincoast and the Heiltsuk Nation…
B.C.’s torturous wolf management
British Columbians are likely unaware their tax dollars are supporting not only the killing but also the sanctioned torturing of wolves…
How would wolves manage humans?
Raincoast reached out to Ken S. Lupus who offered a ‘lupine’ perspective on the province’s wolf kill plan with a take on how humans ought to be managed…
Gambling BC’s parks for a pipeline payoff?
Scientists from Raincoast and the Universities of Victoria and Calgary have produced the first scientific paper about the potential ecological risks to B.C. parks associated with the Northern Gateway pipeline.
Oil & Water: waves, wilderness and big oil intersect in GBR
We left Vancouver Island’s rugged shore and steamed north toward a vast region known as the Great Bear Rainforest. Before us lay hundreds of miles of unspoiled coastline…
Watch the trailer for Groundswell
How could we possibly give voice to marine mammals and other life threatened by one of the largest industrial projects ever conceived? After all, whales, dolphins and the like – as intelligent as they are – cannot mount their own defense against the oil industry. Oil giant Enbridge Inc. and its international partners have proposed…
Wolves, caribou, tar sands and Canada’s oily ethics
Canada’s proposed strategy to recover dwindling populations of boreal forest caribou in northern Alberta’s tar sands favours the destruction of wolves over any consequential protection, enhancement, or expansion of caribou habitat.
Dogs as sentinels of disease in wildlife and humans
Exposure to infectious agents in dogs in remote coastal British Columbia: Possible sentinels of diseases in wildlife and humans. Heather M. Bryan, Chris T. Darimont, Paul C. Paquet, John A. Ellis, Noriko Goji, Maëlle Gouix, Judit E. Smits Citation Bryan, Heather M., Chris T. Darimont, Paul C. Paquet, John A. Ellis, Noriko Goji, Maëlle Gouix, and Judit…
Salmon management should include bears, whales, and other wildlife
As last year’s returning wild Pacific salmon headed upstream, scientists spawned a thought-provoking proposal about how taking less salmon might bring more benefits to both ecosystems and economies…
Patagonia: Raincoast Conservation Foundation Working on Ways to Share the Wealth
Raincoast Science Director Chris Darimont has a feature article posted at The Cleanest Line blog on the Patagonia website. Check it out…
Wildlife conservation meets animal welfare
Paquet, P.C., and C.T. Darimont. 2010. Wildlife conservation meets animal welfare: two sides of the same coin? Animal Welfare 19: 177-190.
The wolf man of British Columbia
Although Dr. Chris Darimont initially made his mark with seven years of cutting edge research on BC’s coastal ‘rainforest wolves,’ he actually specializes in all large carnivores, not just Canis lupus.