Bold, sustained action can revitalize wild Pacific salmon in the lower Fraser River
New research shows that Wild Salmon populations in the Fraser can recover if action is taken now.
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Synthesis of Project TEACH learnings
This article synthesises the information shared by the eighteen experts who contributed to Project TEACH.
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Raincoast welcomes new team members to join our team for the summer!
We are thrilled to have seven interns join our team through the federal government’s Canada Summer Jobs program and UBC’s Sustainability Scholar program.
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A call to action: Community stories of the CDF
Collecting your stories and/or observations of change will not only broaden understanding of CDF ecosystems, but it also provides an opportunity for community engagement and science to work collaboratively.
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Connectivity restoration in the Fraser River Estuary continues to show results
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.
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: Living within rather than apart from the places that sustain us
This installment is the first of several articles seeking to explore the ways ecosystems differ between the islands within the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) biogeoclimatic zone. Adam Huggins, Restoration Coordinator with the Galiano Conservancy Association (GCA), explains the ways topography, historic land use, and shifting economies have influenced and continue to shape the ways CDF forests…
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 1: Project Impetus
Registered environmental charity, Transition Salt Spring has partnered with experts and organizations from across the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone, including Raincoast Conservation Foundation, to provide a model for on-the-ground, multidisciplinary, multisectoral, and collaborative climate action. We interviewed Ruth Waldick from Transition Salt Spring to learn more about Maxwell Creek Watershed project. What is the Maxwell…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: An ancient legacy, a critical future
Eleven and half thousand years ago is a mighty long time for a major forest ecosystem. Yet, that is how long Coastal Douglas-fir forests have existed on Canada’s west coast, longer than most other forested biogeoclimatic zones in British Columbia!
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The cull of the wild: management for industry, not wolves
Is such a large experiment in wolf control, given its limited signal of efficacy and an unrelenting appetite of industry, worth the carnage?
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: The interconnectedness of people and place
After thousands of years of evolution alongside Coast Salish peoples, the story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests and associated habitats is inseparable from the story of those who shaped them.
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Today kicks off the Year of the Salish Sea
he Year of the Salish Sea initiative will highlight stewards, artists, storytellers, and both in-person and virtual events happening from June 2022-2023 in the Salish Sea ecosystem region.
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Field notes from the Salish Sea aboard Achiever
Early morning, mid-October, I wake to the scent of coffee on Raincoast’s research and education vessel, Achiever.
