Fly with care: avoiding disturbance when using drones to study cetaceans
Can drones disturb the animals that we strive to understand?
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 3: Mapping the watershed
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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Nearly 40 years of predator reduction efforts have not enhanced moose harvests, study says
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.
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New adventures, old relationships
Education Coordinator, Pascale, recounts a week of whales, bears, and camp games at QQS Projects Society’s Koeye River Camp.
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: All about bats
Widely misrepresented and misunderstood, bats are fascinating creatures with an essential role to play in ecosystem functionality.
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Science and ethics of wolf conservation
Following our wildlife welfare ethic, 2023 will see us continuing our application and advancement of non-invasive approaches for monitoring wolves.
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Research, policy, and governance for Fraser River salmon
Our work will inform ecosystem requirements for a sustainable, terminal salmon fishery that is Indigenous-led and ecosystem-based.
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We are working towards ending commercial trophy hunting in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure
We are raising funds to purchase one of our biggest tenures yet, the 18,239 km2 Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure, and have until December 2023 to raise $1.92 million.
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Protecting threatened forest ecosystems in BC
We are increasing our efforts to heal CDF forests through land-based restoration, community engagement, education, and research, all rooted in our commitment to safeguard forests for the future.
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Working toward healthy waters for people, salmon, and whales
We will be applying our community-based water pollution monitoring plan to select watersheds across southern BC in 2023.
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SV Achiever’s busiest year yet
Achiever went back to its roots, supporting Raincoast scientists doing in-house marine mammal research, facilitating government scientists surveying marine birds, and hosting youth trips.
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Recovery efforts for endangered killer whales
Raincoast continues to work toward an ocean that provides healthy, abundant salmon and is quiet enough for hunting and feeding.
