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Working toward healthy waters for people, salmon, and whales
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Working toward healthy waters for people, salmon, and whales

December 27, 2022December 29, 2022

We will be applying our community-based water pollution monitoring plan to select watersheds across southern BC in 2023.

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We need to understand the extent to which floods further degrade fish habitat
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We need to understand the extent to which floods further degrade fish habitat

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

Our findings painted a bleak picture of the health of the waterways meandering through the remnants of Sumas Lake, drained nearly 100 years ago by the Barrowtown Pump Station.

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A former lake re-emerges: A backgrounder
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A former lake re-emerges: A backgrounder

November 17, 2022December 7, 2022

The catastrophic floods of late 2021 in southern British Columbia (Canada) and neighbouring Washington State (USA) destroyed homes, farms, and businesses, with excess water spilling debris, animal carcasses, and diesel fuel into historically productive fish habitat.

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Vote to help Raincoast win a Land Rover to launch our mobile lab, Tracker
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Vote to help Raincoast win a Land Rover to launch our mobile lab, Tracker

October 21, 2022November 4, 2022

Raincoast has been selected as a finalist to win a Land Rover Defender 130.

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Our new Healthy Waters program
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Our new Healthy Waters program

December 29, 2021August 29, 2022

That’s where Healthy Waters fits in. A new Raincoast initiative that brings into focus our tacit participation in the water cycle, our role in shaping the quality of water in our surroundings, and opportunities to construct an innovation agenda that tackles pressing pollution issues.

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Measurable results
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Measurable results

December 20, 2021August 29, 2022

As someone who has pursued a life-long journey as an environmental scientist, I find myself wondering whether today’s ‘science to policy’ paradigm is sufficient to safeguard British Columbia from the ravages of climate change and the loss of biodiversity.

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They’re everywhere: research finds polyester fibres throughout the Arctic Ocean
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They’re everywhere: research finds polyester fibres throughout the Arctic Ocean

August 31, 2021August 29, 2022

The presence of microplastics raises concerns that textiles, laundry and municipal wastewater may be an important source of these emerging pollutants.

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