Wolves, whales, and water
We have completed our analysis of inbreeding across Resident killer whale populations, yielding some interesting results.
Comment: West Coast oil spill would be a killer for whales
Victoria Times Colonist
Raincoast’s Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali discuss the realities of Enbridge’s ads and promises for killer whales…
Raincoast objects to US plan to dart killer whales
Radio interview with Raincoast’s Misty MacDuffee about a US plan to place satellite transmitters on killer whales…
Tankers and orcas cannot co-exist
By Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali, Island Tides July 28, 2011
According to Kinder Morgan, an estimated 288 tankers (576 transits) will leave Westridge Terminal by 2016, up from 71 tankers (142 transits) in 2010. This translates to more than one tanker per day transiting our region’s front yard…
Defending our killer whale legal victory
FISHERIES MINISTER APPEALING FEDERAL COURT’S KILLER WHALE RULING by Misty MacDuffee Wild Salmon Program biologist and killer whale advocate January 2011 Raincoast and our conservation partners recently won a major legal victory for British Columbia’s endangered and threatened resident killer whales. Led by lawyer Margot Venton at Ecojustice, we challenged the federal government’s lack of…
Salmon management should include bears, whales, and other wildlife
As last year’s returning wild Pacific salmon headed upstream, scientists spawned a thought-provoking proposal about how taking less salmon might bring more benefits to both ecosystems and economies…