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Islands 2050: What will the Gulf Islands look like in 25 years?
2021 April 132024 July 8
The preservation and protection of BC’s Gulf Islands “for the benefit of residents of the trust area and of the province generally” has been charged to the Islands Trust. However, recent decision-making has demonstrated that a majority of Local Trustee’s are focusing on different priorities. In February, Raincoast submitted feedback as part of a public engagement process seeking input on the Islands Trust Policy Statement in two areas: climate change and affordable housing within the Islands Trust area.
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Events
Carbon stewardship workshop focusing on Gulf Islands forests and coasts
2021 March 42024 July 8
Later this month, Raincoast, along with partners, will be hosting a workshop exploring the feasibility of implementing carbon stewardship projects on the Gulf Islands and across the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) zone in the Salish Sea. This workshop aims to establish a civic and Indigenous community of learners. Our goal is to collaboratively develop a nature-based climate project financed from conservation, restoration and improved ecosystem management.
Read More Carbon stewardship workshop focusing on Gulf Islands forests and coasts
Conservation updates
You did it: 13 acres in 3 months!
2021 February 172024 October 23
We are excited to announce that together with the Pender Islands Conservancy, we have raised the funds required to purchase and permanently protect S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest on North Pender Island…
Read More You did it: 13 acres in 3 months!
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BC’s Coastal Douglas-fir zone needs protection now
2021 February 92024 December 16
In an era where climate change is a modern reality and biodiversity is in crisis the world over, the province’s continued support of industrial logging in old growth forests is out of sync with global scientific consensus and policy objectives. This is especially true in the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) biogeoclimactic zone, the smallest and most endangered of 16 such zones in BC…
Read More BC’s Coastal Douglas-fir zone needs protection now
Notes from the field
Volunteering with the Big Tree Registry
2021 January 192024 July 8
Taeven Lopatecki volunteering with the Big Tree Registry is a way of quantifiably supporting conservation and awareness for this Island and this coast that she calls home. Raincoast’s scope of work, stretching from coastal landscapes to the waters of the Salish Sea and beyond, satisfies her interest in conservation topics.
Read More Volunteering with the Big Tree Registry
Conservation updates
The home stretch to permanently protect S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest
2021 January 182024 October 23
It was in late November when we launched our initiative to purchase and permanently protect the S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest. We determined the sale price and set our goal to raise $395,000 by April. Now, less than 2 months into our 6 month fundraising campaign, we are less than $20,000 away from meeting our target…
Read More The home stretch to permanently protect S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest
Conservation updates
Help permanently protect the S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest this December
2020 December 12024 July 8
One week into the fundraising campaign for the S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest initiative, the Pender Islands Conservancy and Raincoast Conservation Foundation have collectively raised over $62,000 in donations…
Read More Help permanently protect the S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest this December
Conservation updates
Announcing Raincoast’s newest conservation initiative
2020 November 242024 July 8
In partnership with the Pender Islands Conservancy, we need to raise $395,000 to purchase a 13 acre property on North Pender Island…
Read More Announcing Raincoast’s newest conservation initiative
Raincoast updates
Measuring tree heights with lasers
2020 October 62024 July 8
Measuring the heights of trees in the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) zone is quite a feat. In mature CDF forests (which, unfortunately, are increasingly hard to find), individual trees can grow up to 90 metres tall! But in the Gulf Islands, where most forests have been cut at some point in the not-so-distant past, second growth…
Read More Measuring tree heights with lasers
Notes from the field
A winter on S,DÁYES in a future ancient forest
2020 July 272024 July 8
The term “management” is often preceded by “resource” and thus implies a process resulting in economically beneficial outcomes. Governance suggests a more comprehensive, more collaborative approach to making land-use decisions…
Read More A winter on S,DÁYES in a future ancient forest
Conservation updates
Protecting the evergreen giants at the edge of the sea
2020 February 192024 July 8
The rainshadow region, extending across the southeastern coast of Vancouver Island from Metchosin to Deep Bay; covering the Gulf Islands, and reaching the Sunshine Coast, has been subject to rampant land conversion—by some estimates up to 50%…
Read More Protecting the evergreen giants at the edge of the sea
Investigate and inform
National Energy Board’s failure haunts governments
2018 February 222024 July 8
The cries of condemnation emanating from the Alberta and Canadian federal governments are deafening. The burgeoning conflict began when BC announced the province would limit shipments of diluted bitumen from Alberta…
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