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  • Land protection in some of Canada’s most threatened terrestrial habitats
    Conservation updates

    Land protection in some of Canada’s most threatened terrestrial habitats

    2023 February 72025 December 15

    Raincoast established the Forest Conservation Program (formerly known as the Gulf Islands Forest Project) in 2019 with the intention of exploring pathways to strengthen protection of the rare and threatened habitats characteristic to the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) zone, particularly on the Gulf Islands. However, land in this region is disproportionately under private ownership, unlike the…

    Read More Land protection in some of Canada’s most threatened terrestrial habitatsContinue

  • Allison Dennert standing on a beach in front of the ocean on a cloudy day. She is wearing a mustard coloured jacket.
    Conservation updates

    Meet Allison Dennert, Raincoast’s new Quantitative Salmon Ecologist

    2023 February 62024 July 8

    Allison Dennert has joined our Wild Salmon Program team as a Quantitative Salmon Ecologist.

    Read More Meet Allison Dennert, Raincoast’s new Quantitative Salmon EcologistContinue

  • Two oyster catchers flying on a shoreline on a sunny day.
    Investigate and inform

    From laundry to the ocean: fixing the microplastics problem in clothes

    2023 February 22026 May 12

    Peter Ross was on Wall Street Journal’s, The Future of Everything podcast.

    Read More From laundry to the ocean: fixing the microplastics problem in clothesContinue

  • Two killer whales swimming with a pleasure craft boat nearby.
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    Guide government action for Southern Resident killer whale recovery before Feb 19

    2023 February 12024 July 8

    The federal government is accepting your input through a survey, for this year’s recovery and threat reduction measures for Southern Resident killer whales.

    Read More Guide government action for Southern Resident killer whale recovery before Feb 19Continue

  • Frog on a blade of grass.
    Conservation updates

    We did it! KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest has been protected!

    2023 January 302025 December 15

    KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest has been secured as an essential piece of a larger nature corridor.

    Read More We did it! KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest has been protected!Continue

  • Douglas aster - a purple flower with green leaves.
    Scientific literature

    New research proves that nutrients from the sea can increase terrestrial plant growth and reproduction

    2023 January 252025 September 16

    Newly published research from Simon Fraser University shows that salmon and marine plants increase both growth and reproduction in terrestrial plants.

    Read More New research proves that nutrients from the sea can increase terrestrial plant growth and reproductionContinue

  • Two huge clearcuts next to each other on Salt Spring Island.
    Investigate and inform

    The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: The biodiversity potential of privately-owned land

    2023 January 242025 December 15

    Registered Professional Biologist and Planner, Adriane Pollard, has been working to improve local protections of Coastal Douglas-fir associated ecological communities for over 25 years.

    Read More The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: The biodiversity potential of privately-owned landContinue

  • Auston Chhor sitting in a boat driving.
    Conservation updates

    Meet Auston Chhor, Raincoast’s new Wild Salmon Governance and Policy Analyst

    2023 January 232024 July 8

    He will focus on addressing the myriad of threats facing salmon habitats in the Lower Fraser River by progressing governance frameworks, policies, funding structures, and field research initiatives.

    Read More Meet Auston Chhor, Raincoast’s new Wild Salmon Governance and Policy AnalystContinue

  • Woman holding a drone above her head.
    Scientific literature

    Fly with care: avoiding disturbance when using drones to study cetaceans 

    2023 January 192026 July 16

    Can drones disturb the animals that we strive to understand?  

    Read More Fly with care: avoiding disturbance when using drones to study cetaceans Continue

  • Frog climbing a cedar tree with a map overlay showing where Maxwell Creek Watershed is located on Salt Spring Island.
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    Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 3: Mapping the watershed

    2023 January 182025 December 15

    Multiple practitioners working under the umbrella of the Maxwell Creek Watershed Project (MCWP or “the Project”) have contributed to this third instalment of the Field Files series, a photo essay illustrating the important role spatial data and mapping plays in establishing landscape-wide restoration projects. All maps were made by Nicholas Courtier, who also assisted with…

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  • Wolf standing in snow.
    Scientific literature

    Nearly 40 years of predator reduction efforts have not enhanced moose harvests, study says

    2023 January 122024 July 8

    The scientific article, published in November 2022 in the peer-reviewed journal Diversity, concluded that there was no correlation between brown and black bear harvest and subsequent moose hunts.

    Read More Nearly 40 years of predator reduction efforts have not enhanced moose harvests, study saysContinue

  • People in canoes in a river on a foggy day.
    Notes from the field

    New adventures, old relationships

    2023 January 112024 July 8

    Education Coordinator, Pascale, recounts a week of whales, bears, and camp games at QQS Projects Society’s Koeye River Camp.

    Read More New adventures, old relationshipsContinue

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