Tag: Heiltsuk | Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Maple Leaf’s commitment to coastal conservation

Published on 2019 07 02 | by Ross Dixon, Communications & Development Director | in For the coast

Aerial view of Maple Leaf in the Kitlope on emerald green water.

2019 marks the second year of a decade-long $100,000 commitment from Maple Leaf Adventures to our research and conservation efforts on the BC Coast and, in particular, the Great Bear Rainforest. As the spring field program for Raincoast’s Salmon Carnivore program comes to an end…

Diversity of salmon species a necessary metric to understanding how bears feed

Published on 2019 03 19 | by Christina Service, Raincoast Applied Conservation Lab | in For the coast

A black bear on the left is standing on large mossy rocks. There is a stream with a small water fall the right, and a salmon is jumping out of the water in the direction of the bear. The bear has its left paw extended. It looks like a sunny day, although the sky is not in the photo.

Salmon biomass is a measure of the total kilograms of spawning salmon. Many who are in the role of implementing conservation strategies and policies think that when it comes to bears, or terrestrial wildlife, more salmon biomass simply means more eating. However, our recent research published…

Update: closing in on securing the Nadeea tenure

Published on 2018 11 06 | by Ross Dixon & Brian Falconer | in Raincoast Blog

The Sitka donation-o-meter is at $313,000!

We now have bids on a number of pieces and we’ve sold limited editions prints. Thanks to numerous donations, large and small, we have now raised $313,182…

Notes from the (pre) field: “Caution – bear research in progress”

Published on 2018 05 07 | by Kate Field, Ilona Mihalik & Lauren Henson | in Notes from the Field

Kate Field and the bear research squad prepare for the imminent field season.

With spring comes organized chaos as graduate students and research associates transition from laboratory work, data analysis and writing, to a flurry of preparation for an upcoming season of monitoring bears on the central coast of British Columbia. We are headed to Gitga’at, Heiltsuk, Kitasoo/Xai’xais, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv Territories to join…

Sailing with Raincoast in 2018

Published on 2018 02 07 | by Nicholas Sinclair | in Notes from the Field

Achiever rests, sails down, in the twilight.

In May, our spring ‘hunts’ visited lush estuaries as the days grew longer and bears were down low grazing on sedges. Marine wildlife started to make their way back to the rich, cold waters of the coast. Their annual migration to foraging areas beginning and lasting well…

Partnering for wolves, bears, and people

Published on 2017 04 08 | by Raincoast | in In the News

Great bears playing in the long grass on the central coast of BC.

People in Bella Bella, a Heiltsuk First Nation community of about 2,000 in the Great Bear, have known for a long time that there was a difference between swimming coastal wolves and wolves of the interior. But to wolf biologists outside Bella Bella, this sounded unusual…

Enbridge faces strong opposition from Heiltsuk

Published on 2010 11 04 | by Raincoast | in Raincoast Blog

Representatives for Enbridge were in Bella Bella to present their case for the Northern Gateway pipeline. Raincoast’s Doug Brown, a member of the Heiltsuk First Nation, was at the event…