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  • A butterfly lands on a flower in the Kitlope tenure.
    Raincoast updates

    Some good news for 2020? How about ending commercial trophy hunting in the 5,300 km2 Kitlope hunting tenure

    2020 October 72024 July 8

    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…

    Read More Some good news for 2020? How about ending commercial trophy hunting in the 5,300 km2 Kitlope hunting tenureContinue

  • A bear stands in the long grass on the shores of the Kitlope.
    Events

    Come experience the Kitlope – the next hunting tenure where we plan to safeguard coastal carnivores

    2020 June 112024 July 8

    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…

    Read More Come experience the Kitlope – the next hunting tenure where we plan to safeguard coastal carnivoresContinue

  • Achiever sits quietly on the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest while a bear wades through the shallow water in the foreground.
    Conservation updates

    Win a wildlife adventure with Raincoast

    2018 July 52024 October 8

    The competition rules are simple: raise or donate $5,000 for our Safeguarding Coastal Carnivores campaign by Thanksgiving (October 8th, 2018) and you will be entered with a chance to win a ten-day trip for two with Raincoast in the fall of 2019…

    Read More Win a wildlife adventure with RaincoastContinue

  • A Sitka Spruce shows how much money we've already raised: $150,000.
    Conservation updates

    On our way to securing the Nadeea tenure

    2017 December 142024 July 8

    We launched the campaign to raise $500,000 to purchase the Nadeea commercial hunting tenure the end of November. Now on behalf of Raincoast and our Coastal First Nations partners, I’m happy to report significant progress…

    Read More On our way to securing the Nadeea tenureContinue

  • A wolverine stands in a stream below a log overhead, with a salmon head hanging from its mouth.
    Raincoast updates

    Next step for safeguarding large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest

    2017 November 282024 October 8

    Raincoast Conservation Foundation, with the support of Coastal First Nations, has struck a deal to buy a fourth trophy hunting licence in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest. The exclusive commercial licence covers an area of more than 2,300 square kilometres of rich habitat for large carnivores, including grizzlies, black bears, Spirit bears, wolves…

    Read More Next step for safeguarding large carnivores in the Great Bear RainforestContinue

  • A white bear walking along a stream in the woods.
    Events

    Raincoast Slide Show in Courtenay

    2011 March 192024 July 8

    Join Raincoast and Maple Leaf Adventures for a slide show presentation on spirit bears, wilderness adventure and much more in Courtenay Friday March 25 at the Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College…

    Read More Raincoast Slide Show in CourtenayContinue

  • 3 smiling trophy hunters kneel behind the dead grizzly they have killed.
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    Protecting bears by buying hunting rights

    2010 December 312024 July 8

    Raincoast now has a purchase agreement for a second commercial hunting territory in the Great Bear Rainforest, specifically in the home of the spirit bear…

    Read More Protecting bears by buying hunting rightsContinue

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