Will hatchery Chinook reared in net pens actually help recover killer whales? Probably not
There is also no evidence that enhancing late-timed Chinook from Nitinat hatchery will help Southern Resident killer whales.
Comment: National Energy Board is failing killer whales
Last month, the NEB recommended approval of Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline and accompanying increase in oil-tanker traffic.
Environmental groups launch court challenge over NEB’s Kinder Morgan report
Ecojustice lawyers, representing Living Oceans and Raincoast, have filed for a judicial review of the NEB’s report that recommended the federal Cabinet approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline.
National Energy Board fails killer whales
The NEB’s approval of Kinder Morgan’s TMX jeopardizes the survival of BC’s endangered southern resident killer whales, increasing the probability that they will ultimately go extinct, asserted Raincoast.
Take a closer look at shipping effects in Salish Sea
This past week’s Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference in Vancouver provided an in-depth look at the threats facing this ecologically, economically and culturally important marine environment.
Opinion: Saving more than memories
Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali, Special to Vancouver Sun
Raincoast discusses the future of Canada’s endangered southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea…
Potential acoustic impacts of increased vessel traffic on Southern Resident Killer Whales
Dr. Chris Clark, acoustic expert from Cornell University, describes how noise and disturbance from vessels in the Salish Sea are likely impacting killer whales…
Population Viability Analysis of Southern Resident killer whales
Expert report on the viability of the southern resident killer whale population in the face of existing and future threats within their critical habitat of the Salish Sea…
Raincoast files NEB evidence on wildlife impacts from proposed Trans Mountain project
On May 27 Raincoast filed four submissions to the NEB on our concerns regarding Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain Expansion…
Plumbing the depths of the Salish Sea
Angela Cowan / Peninsula News Review
The Raincoast Conservation Foundation is hosting an entertainment-laced evening of Salish Sea inspired scientific talks…
Tired of waiting for feds, advocates take own path to protect orcas
Amy Smart / Times Colonist
A group of orca advocates is making its own plans to protect endangered killer whales, saying a federal action plan is overdue…
Your voices against the wolf cull
Read some of the letters written to Minister Steve Thomson, Premier Christy Clark and BC MLAs, in opposition to the government’s wolf cull. Send us yours…