Tag: Salish Sea | Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Southern Resident killer whales are on the precipice

Published on 2018 11 21 | by Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director & Chris Genovali, Executive Director | in For the coast

The federal government recently announced its refusal to issue an emergency order, despite the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans’ recommendation to do so. Although we commend the ministers for recommending an emergency order be used, we are deeply disappointed that Cabinet rejected what we believe to be the best available tool to recover these whales…

We are taking the federal government to court to protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales

Published on 2018 09 05 | by Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director & Paul Paquet, Senior Scientist | in Conservation update

A Souther Resident killer whale is watched by a whale watching vessel: five logos on the right including David Suzuki Foundation, World Wildlife Fund, Georgia Strait Alliance, Natural Resources Defense council and Raincoast Conservation Foundation.

Today, we launched a lawsuit to ensure our federal government acts to protect the endangered Southern Resident killer whales. The lawsuit comes less than a month after Southern Resident J35 (Tahlequah) carried her deceased calf for 17 days

We’ve won our legal challenge to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Published on 2018 08 30 | by Raincoast | in Conservation update

Today we can all celebrate a significant win in our efforts to protect the Salish Sea, Fraser River salmon, and the Southern Resident killer whales. This morning, the federal court of appeal unanimously ruled that the Canadian government’s approval of the Trans Mountain Expansion project violated its legal obligations to protect endangered Southern Resident killer […]

Inspiring the next generation of Salish Sea stewards

Published on 2018 08 13 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in For the coast

A youth participant of the Salish Sea Emerging Stewardship program has a solo sit at Monarch head for reflection and mindfulness.

In 2016, Raincoast launched the Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program, taking youth on a journey through marine and terrestrial environments. The impacts and importance of this program for youth is quickly gaining…

Misty MacDuffee on CFAX 1070 on fishery closures, Chinook salmon and Southern Resident killer whales

Published on 2018 07 31 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

The dead calf of J35 floats in the waters of the Salish Sea.

Southern Resident killer whales need systemic solutions that reverse the increase in noise and interference with feeding, and that protect Chinook salmon populations. Listen to two prescient interviews that Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director with Raincoast Conservation Foundation, has given with CFAX 1070…

Misty MacDuffee speaks to lack of government action on Southern Resident killer whales

Published on 2018 05 28 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

Misty MacDuffee stands in the rain explaining the risks to SRKWs.

What is the Government of Canada doing to protect Southern Resident killer whales? Misty MacDuffee discusses how the overlapping risks to these whales have not been addressed as of May 2018, with host Adam Sterling at CFAX 1070

Oil tankers: a killer for whales

Published on 2018 05 26 | by Chris Genovali, Misty MacDuffee & Paul Paquet | in Inform

Southern Resident killer whale mother and juvenile.

The National Energy Board recommended approval of the Trans Mountain expansion knowing the Kinder Morgan project would jeopardize the survival of the Southern Residents…

Trans Mountain expansion poses unacceptable risk to Salish Sea

Published on 2018 04 26 | by Chris Genovali, Misty MacDuffee & Paul Paquet | in For the coast

A tug lines up beside a massive oil tanker.

Is Canada’s national interest best aligned with a Texas pipeline company? The suggestion of bailing out U.S.-based Kinder Morgan and investing tax dollars to access public assets in a sunset industry, while momentous questions of Canadian law are still before the courts, is nothing short of absurd…

30th Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference in Seattle

Published on 2018 04 02 | by Raincoast | in Events

A clear day at Turn Point, on the Salish Sea.

This week Raincoast will join hundreds of scientists, First Nations and tribal government representatives, policy makers, community members and conservationists at the 30th Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, in Seattle. As the largest and most comprehensive conference focused on the Salish Sea, the event is an important opportunity to progress this years theme: Ecosystem Recovery in an International Transboundary System…