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Salmon DNA enables new understanding of how young Chinook salmon use the Fraser River Estuary

2024 September 102025 March 2

Raincoast’s five year collection of genetic samples illuminates patterns of migration and reliance on estuary habitats.

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Paige Roper sitting on the ground in the estuary jotting down data.
Notes from the field

Restoring marsh habitat in the Fraser River Estuary

2024 August 192024 December 13

Raincoast’s Fraser Estuary Research and Restoration Program has been developing plans for future habitat restoration projects.

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Conservation updates

Building a resilient funding and decision-making structure for the Lower Fraser

2024 June 52024 December 13

Our new report highlights global case studies for the development of a comprehensive, place-based conservation strategy in the Lower Fraser.

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Hatchery salmon wearing a necklace that says "born not to be wild".
Conservation updates

Hatcheries: good intentions, bad outcomes

2024 April 222024 December 13

Our new animation delves into the history of hatcheries and the future we envision for wild salmon.

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Conservation updates

A better, older way to fish for salmon

2024 April 222024 December 13

Our new animation highlights solutions to the problems in conventional fisheries.

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Bear in a river eating a salmon.
Conservation updates

Seeing wild salmon thrive: Our wild dream

2024 April 222024 December 13

Our new animation sheds light on the work we do to protect wild salmon.

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Conservation updates

We’re legally challenging the federal government’s approval of Roberts Bank Terminal 2

2023 May 232024 July 8

The Canadian government’s approval of Roberts Bank Terminal 2 violates federal law under the Species at Risk Act.

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Investigate and inform

Reflecting on the recent IPCC report and what we can do

2023 April 122024 July 8

Though the conclusions of the International Panel on Climate Change report are grim, protecting and restoring natural ecosystems is an effective step.

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Conservation updates

Your voice is needed now to stop Roberts Bank Terminal 2

2023 February 212024 October 23

The clock is ticking for the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change to decide whether to approve or reject Roberts Bank Terminal 2.

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Tracking Raincoast

Research, policy, and governance for Fraser River salmon

2023 January 22024 July 8

Our work will inform ecosystem requirements for a sustainable, terminal salmon fishery that is Indigenous-led and ecosystem-based. 

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Man in a blue Raincoast hat holding a salmon viewfinder with juvenile salmon
Notes from the field

Connectivity restoration in the Fraser River Estuary continues to show results

2022 July 42024 October 23

This work is part of our Fraser River Connectivity Project, our five-year restoration project to create openings in several of the man-made barriers in the Fraser Estuary that prevent the natural migration of juvenile salmon. 

Read More Connectivity restoration in the Fraser River Estuary continues to show resultsContinue

A killer whale jumps into the air with the Roberts Bank port looming in the background, and the Future Ecologies logo floating off to the right.
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Future Ecologies podcast dives into the Terminal 2 expansion project

2022 March 142024 July 8

The largest container port in Canada is poised to get even larger. Listen to these interviews and learn about the context of the threat that building and operating Terminal 2 poses to the Fraser Estuary and the people and species that rely on it.  You have until March 15th to submit a comment on the…

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