Chris Genovali
Executive Director

As Executive Director of Raincoast for over two decades, Chris Genovali leads Raincoast Conservation Foundation’s programs to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of coastal British Columbia. Chris received a Conservation Leadership Award in 2015 from the Wilburforce Foundation.

He is a prolific writer, with articles, op-eds and features on Canadian wildlife, habitat and forest conservation issues widely published in Canada and internationally, including the Vancouver Sun, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, Seattle PI and Guardian UK. He was a contributor to Animals and the Environment: Advocacy, activism, and the quest for common ground published in 2015, and Wild Foresting: Practicing Nature’s Wisdom published in 2008. Chris has also appeared as a spokesperson on various radio and television outlets such as CBC’s ‘As It Happens’, CBC ‘Newsworld’, US National Public Radio, Global TV, CTV, CKNW, BBC radio and Public Radio International. 

chris [at] raincoast [dot] org

Chris Genovali, executive director of Raincoast Conservation Foundation.

Recent articles

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Foraging behaviour by gray wolves on salmon streams in coastal British Columbia

Darimont, C.T., T.E. Reimchen and P.C. Paquet. 2003. Foraging behaviour…

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Ghost Runs: The Future of Wild Salmon on BC’s North and Central Coasts

Raincoast’s recently published report on BC’s salmon stocks says new…

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Losing Ground: The decline in fish and wildlife law enforcement capability in BC and Alaska

Authored by Dr. Brian Horejsi, Losing Ground analyzes the respective…

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Losing Ground: Executive Summary

Authored by Dr. Brian Horejsi, Losing Ground analyzes the respective…

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Intra-hair stable isotope analysis implies seasonal shift to salmon in gray wolf diet

Darimont, C.T., and T.E. Reimchen. 2002. Intra-hair stable isotope analysis…

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