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Anglers and conservation groups make joint call for listing of endangered Interior Fraser River steelhead under Canada’s Species at Risk Act
2022 January 262026 August 13

Endangered Interior Fraser River steelhead were the object of a scandal in 2018 when bureaucrats at Fisheries and Oceans Canada unilaterally altered the conclusions of a multi-author scientific report the federal cabinet relied on in their controversial decision not to protect Fraser River steelhead under SARA. This action by DFO came to light in an FOI that was reported on by the Narwhal in 2021.

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Conservation updates

Help protect Spirit bears
2022 January 162024 October 8

The Kitasoo Xai’xais and Gitga’at Nations are proposing to close black bear hunting within their respective territories in a small area of the Great Bear Rainforest with the highest concentration of Spirit bears.

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Our research and education vessel, Achiever
2022 January 132024 July 8

In 2021, Raincoast welcomed a new marine operations manager and Captain, Drew Grav-Graham, to the team. Having made the jump from the ecotourism industry, Drew brings a wealth of experience and renewed enthusiasm for SV Achiever and the marine program. Diving straight into months of seabird surveys off the west coast of Vancouver Island in the winter…

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Impacts of Alaskan interception fisheries on Canadian and Southern U.S. salmon and steelhead
2022 January 112026 August 13

Alaskan Interceptions of BC Salmon: State of Knowledge Prepared by: Andrew Rosenberger, Victoria Chicatun, and Greg TaylorPrepared for: Watershed Watch Salmon Society, Skeena Wild Conservation Trust Read the report and summary: Southeastern Alaska catch of BC salmon. How many Canadian salmon and steelhead are killed in Southeast Alaskan interception fisheries? In 2021, nearly 800,0000 sockeye…

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Conservation updates

Matching campaign success for KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest!
2022 January 102024 July 8

This brings our fundraising total for the first three weeks of our campaign to $152,000!

Read More Matching campaign success for KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest!
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Emerging stewards in the Salish Sea
2022 January 102024 July 8

Since 2016, our Salish Sea Emerging Stewards (SSES) program has been empowering young conservation leaders by connecting youth to place through immersive land and boat-based learning.

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Conserving endangered Gulf Islands forests
2022 January 72024 July 8

The Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) bio-geoclimatic zone is the smallest and most endangered of 16 such zones in British Columbia. According to BC’s Conservation Data Centre, nearly every ecological community in the CDF is provincially listed as threatened or endangered. The Gulf Islands represent 33.2% of CDF forests and associated habitats, and are the Traditional Territories…

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Safeguarding coastal carnivores in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure
2022 January 62024 October 8

We are raising funds to purchase the biggest tenure (18,239 km2) remaining on the central/south coast, the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure.

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Conservation updates

Progress update on KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest fundraising campaign
2022 January 42024 October 23

KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest is located on the Traditional Territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ people and is home to rare and threatened ecosystems characteristic to the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone.

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Applied conservation science helps inform and empower local decision-making
2022 January 42024 October 8

Recent projects highlight a couple recent and tangible ways in which our research supports not only human-wildlife coexistence but also renewed self-determination by Indigenous governments.

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Recovering wild salmon through collaborative conservation
2022 January 32026 August 13

The Fraser is one of the world’s greatest salmon rivers. Despite the Lower Fraser representing only 5% of the entire watershed, it supports more than half of the watershed’s Chinook and chum, 65% of its coho, 80% of its pink, and significant populations of sockeye salmon.

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Rejecting the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion
2021 December 312026 August 13

n 2020, a federal review panel concluded that the Terminal 2 shipping expansion project would have significant adverse and cumulative effects to populations of Fraser Chinook.

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