Job Posting: Summer Deckhand / Research Assistant
Applications close July 21, 2023.
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: All about owls
As the worst fire season in Canadian historyーdriven by climate change, ecosystem fragmentation, and long-term land-use mismanagementーdecimates forests across the country, species-at-risk biologist Jared Hobbs reflects sadly on the dramatic decline of Northern Spotted Owls and Western Screech-owls across British Columbia. Habitat loss is central to this story. Old-growth logging has reduced the number of…
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Letter in Science identifies the contradiction between protecting economic growth and biodiversity in Canada’s Fraser River Estuary
The letter, asking whether Canada will permit killer whale extinction, identifies Canada’s conflicting aspirations and obligations to protect biodiversity while continuing to permit megaprojects that destroy the critical habitat of threatened and endangered species.
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A ‘supersized’ ecological niche for humans
New research examining the ecological niche of humans shows that over one third of all vertebrate species on Earth are now being used by people.
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Meet Suzie Hall, Raincoast’s new NoiseTracker Technician
Suzie Hall has joined our Cetacean Conservation Research team to assist with our new NoiseTracker initiative.
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We supported the US District Court decision to halt the Southeast Alaska troll fishery, but the US appeal court did not
Last week, Raincoast sent a letter in support of the US District court decision to halt the Southeast Alaska troll fishery during the summer and winter seasons. The SEAK troll targets migrating Chinook, over 90% of which are not salmon from Alaska. These Chinook are prey for endangered Southern Resident killer whales as they migrate…
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Wolf Stories: Reflections on science, ethics, and moral practice (Part 2)
Drs. Michael Paul Nelson, John A. Vucetich, and Joseph Bump share their insights on ethics and moral practice in conservation and how to think through scientific and ethical issues, particularly those related to the conservation and lethal management of wolves. This is the second in a two-part interview. Michael is an environmental scholar, writer, teacher,…
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We support the US District Court decision to halt the Southeast Alaska troll fishery
This letter was written by Raincoast Wild Salmon Program Director Misty MacDuffee in support of the US District Court decision to halt the Southeast Alaska troll fishery during the summer and winter seasons.
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Join us on Pender Island to discuss culture, genes, conservation, and the future of Southern Resident killer whales
Join Raincoast scientists, Dr. Valeria Vergara, Misty MacDuffee and Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard, for Below the surface: Culture, genes, conservation, and the future of Southern Resident killer whales.
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The inertia of broken paradigms
In fisheries management, each population has what’s called a “maximum sustainable yield.”
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BC needs to stand up to the federal government on salmon issues
Will the province stand by as the federal government permits the destruction of vital salmon habitat in BC?
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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…
