Monitoring on the edge: tracking Southern Residents from a Pender Island bluff
Three years observing whales in a vessel-free zone.
-
-
After dark with the Southern Residents
Overnight hydrophone recordings capture killer whales navigating through a noisy ocean.
-
Engaging the next generation of land healing stewards
Immersed in the ecosystems of the Salish Sea, youth from Vancouver to Victoria came together to participate in coastal conservation.
-
Introducing the Land Healing Stewards Initiative
As Raincoast’s on-the-ground work, community engagement, and collaborations are key to our research and conservation successes, the Forest Conservation Program and the Salish Sea Emerging Stewards youth education program have partnered to deliver a new and innovative multi-year project. Titled the Land Healing Stewards Initiative, it will support our programs’ shared goals; engaging local communities…
-
Mother Trees and mycorrhizal fungi on Pender Island
Projects like Raincoast’s Pender Islands Big Tree Registry (PIBTR) have been initiated in an effort to safeguard big trees and biological diversity in this region.
-
Between now and Earth Day, every dollar donated to KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest will be doubled!
The purchase and permanent protection of this property is an ambitious undertaking by Raincoast and our partners at the Pender Islands Conservancy Association. We must raise $2.1 million. In pursuit of this goal, today we released our campaign video to introduce our community to KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest with an announcement: between now and Earth Day,…
-
A chance to make your support for the protection of KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest go further
Mere days into our 18-month fundraising campaign, a $75,000 matching gift has been pledged.
-
Notes from the Field: My first experiences with Raincoast
Working on Achiever gave the Reef Net crew the chance to learn about land restoration, and provided us with get hands-on experience removing invasive plants from QENENIW̱
-
Register for our webinar series about conservation and resilience in the Gulf Islands
more about complex environmental issues and the options for better environmental policy and protection in the Gulf and Howe Sound islands.
-
Ethics of making the location of big trees accessible to the public
The benefits and implications of unrestricted access to tree location need to be carefully considered.
-
Interview: Big tree registries, BC’s logging practices and Nerdy about Nature
We posed some questions to Ross Reid, of Nerdy about Nature, so you can get to know him better.
-
Webinar: Tree Protection and the Islands Trust
We are hosting a webinar on July 28th at noon to decode the complexities of tree and forest protection policy within the jurisdiction of the Islands Trust.
