With your help we have completed the purchase of the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure!
Over 700 contributions from around the world were made to help us permanently protect wolves, bears, cougars, and more in this huge tenure.
5% to go: Donation matching is on!
A generous donor has offered to help get us over the finish line by matching donations until December 22nd.
Saving animal lives and supporting a conservation-based economy
We are 85% of the way to our goal to purchase the commercial trophy hunting rights in the Southern tenure!
Photographers are coming together to support our work
Canadian Conservation has organized an auction that will run until December 1st with 32 photographers.
We are almost there! Help us permanently protect bears and wolves
Our goal is to raise $305,800 by December 15.
From trophy hunting to ecotourism: help us raise the remaining 35% to protect bears and wolves
So far, we have raised $1,252,254 toward our purchase of the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure.
Photography and conservation can go hand in hand
Long time Raincoast backers and photographers, Eric and Lynn Sambol have been consistent supporters of our Safeguarding Coastal Carnivores Program.
Mapping commercial trophy hunting tenures in the Great Bear Rainforest
We are currently raising funds to purchase the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure, which would effectively provide protection from commercial trophy hunting to over 60 species in an area of 18,239 km2. The Southern Tenure covers over a quarter of the Great Bear Rainforest. BC’s tenure system was set up in the mid 1900s to…
Exploring the Southern Great Bear Rainforest aboard SV Achiever
Right now, we are raising funds to purchase the 18,239 km2 Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure, more than a quarter of the Great Bear Rainforest.
Bear tourism instead of bear hunting
Part of the story was featured on From Our Own Correspondence, a BBC podcast.
We are working towards ending commercial trophy hunting in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure
We are raising funds to purchase one of our biggest tenures yet, the 18,239 km2 Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure, and have until December 2023 to raise $1.92 million.
This giving season, Raincoast offers you two opportunities to double the impact of your donations!
To celebrate the end of the year, we are so happy to be able to offer matching campaigns on two of our most urgent fundraising initiatives.
