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Notes from the field

Raincoast presents at the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference

2025 May 62025 May 6

Raincoast biologists attended the 43rd gathering of the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference to present on forests, fire, water, and salmon.

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Learning from the two lives of grad school

2024 April 162024 July 8

Sharon Kay, graduate student in the Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab, shares about her experience in grad school.

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Garry oak and Camas meadows: Replenishing the landscape

2023 December 132024 October 23

Everybody plays a part in learning the lessons.

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Following in the footsteps of wild wolves

2023 December 82024 October 23

As winter fast approaches, biologist Chelsea Greer reminisces on the December field days of last year, counting spawning salmon and tracking wolves in the snow.

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A turquoise river runs along a forested mountain.
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The wonders of a Fraser River tributary

2023 November 302024 October 23

Delving into the realms of endangered Chinook salmon surveys and the ongoing resurgence of a wolf population.

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Notes from the Field: Establishing a wildlife camera network in Heiltsuk Territory

2023 October 122024 July 8

In partnership with the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department, we established a wildlife camera network in a large region of the Territory.

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All about Raincoast’s Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program

2023 October 112024 July 8

Our education program has been busy engaging youth from across the Salish Sea.

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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.

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Dave Scott holding viewfinder with salmon smolt
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Monitoring an active restoration project… in a pandemic

2020 September 152024 July 8

Just as we were getting excited about starting our field season to monitor the effectiveness of Raincoast’s Fraser Estuary Connectivity Project, conditions with the pandemic began to get serious and we realized our plans had to change…

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A raccoon perches on a branch in the intertidal zone in the middle on the night.
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Top predators: shaping landscapes

2015 July 12024 July 8

Large carnivores on our coast are not just charismatic, they are critical components of coastal food webs; they keep landscapes functioning and species abundance from imbalance…

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Raincoast's field station in Bella Bella in front of a backdrop of forest and mountains
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Notes from the Field – Spring in the Great Bear Rainforest

2015 April 142024 July 8

Spring is a special time for our research crews. Across the lands and waters of the Great Bear Rainforest bears are emerging from dens …

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