Raincoast Conservation Foundation
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Raincoast is a team of scientists and conservationists empowered by our research to safeguard the lands, waters, and wildlife of coastal BC. Find us at www.raincoast.org. #ConservationScience
🤔Science, or stress management? Both!
What does whacking a metal pole tied to the side of our research vessel have to do with killer whale conservation…? 🎬Learn more at www.raincoast.org/listen studio.youtube.com/video/qgsEYf... youtube.com/shorts/qgsEY...
What does whacking a metal pole tied to the side of our research vessel have to do with killer whale conservation…? 🎬Learn more at www.raincoast.org/listen studio.youtube.com/video/qgsEYf... youtube.com/shorts/qgsEY...
Behind-the-scenes of killer whale field research
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December 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
🤔Science, or stress management? Both!
What does whacking a metal pole tied to the side of our research vessel have to do with killer whale conservation…? 🎬Learn more at www.raincoast.org/listen studio.youtube.com/video/qgsEYf... youtube.com/shorts/qgsEY...
What does whacking a metal pole tied to the side of our research vessel have to do with killer whale conservation…? 🎬Learn more at www.raincoast.org/listen studio.youtube.com/video/qgsEYf... youtube.com/shorts/qgsEY...
Raincoast’s Conservation Genetics Lab has had a busy year working on established projects and embarking on exciting new studies as well.
✍️This is an excerpt from Tracking Raincoast into 2026, an annual summary of our work.
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/biod...
✍️This is an excerpt from Tracking Raincoast into 2026, an annual summary of our work.
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/biod...
Biodiversity in BC, monitoring, and informing | Raincoast
Examining the genetics of whales and wolves, and using DNA from scat to determine spatial and temporal data on diet.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Raincoast’s Conservation Genetics Lab has had a busy year working on established projects and embarking on exciting new studies as well.
✍️This is an excerpt from Tracking Raincoast into 2026, an annual summary of our work.
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/biod...
✍️This is an excerpt from Tracking Raincoast into 2026, an annual summary of our work.
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/biod...
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#Forests, #fire, and #fish: #Policy pathways to manage forests for #wildfire #resilience, #salmon recovery, and #watershed #security
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Forests, fire, and fish: Policy pathways to manage forests for wildfire resilience, salmon recovery, and watershed security | Raincoast
Wild Pacific salmon are foundational to ecosystems across British Columbia and have adapted to fire regimes over their evolutionary history. Pacific salmon, and aquatic ecosystems more broadly…
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November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#Forests, #fire, and #fish: #Policy pathways to manage forests for #wildfire #resilience, #salmon recovery, and #watershed #security
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👂We’re listening to protect killer whales. Here are some things our Cetacean Program have been up to in 2025... 👉
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Listening to protect | Raincoast
Our ongoing projects allow us to hear cetacean vocalizations in real time to better understand how their communication is being impacted.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
👂We’re listening to protect killer whales. Here are some things our Cetacean Program have been up to in 2025... 👉
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/list...
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/list...
To protect #KillerWhales, we need to understand their communication.
In 2025, Raincoast and @earthspecies.bsky.social unified field biologists, acoustic specialists, and experts in modern analytical methods to study killer whale communication like never before.
You can help. raincoast.org/listen/
In 2025, Raincoast and @earthspecies.bsky.social unified field biologists, acoustic specialists, and experts in modern analytical methods to study killer whale communication like never before.
You can help. raincoast.org/listen/
December 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
To protect #KillerWhales, we need to understand their communication.
In 2025, Raincoast and @earthspecies.bsky.social unified field biologists, acoustic specialists, and experts in modern analytical methods to study killer whale communication like never before.
You can help. raincoast.org/listen/
In 2025, Raincoast and @earthspecies.bsky.social unified field biologists, acoustic specialists, and experts in modern analytical methods to study killer whale communication like never before.
You can help. raincoast.org/listen/
For over three decades, Raincoast has worked to understand and protect the ecosystems of the central coast of British Columbia, a region referred to as the Great Bear Rainforest.
Since the mid 1990s, this region has experienced significant change.
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/30-y...
Since the mid 1990s, this region has experienced significant change.
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30 years in the Great Bear Rainforest | Raincoast
How Haíɫzaqv principles and ongoing research will guide our future.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
For over three decades, Raincoast has worked to understand and protect the ecosystems of the central coast of British Columbia, a region referred to as the Great Bear Rainforest.
Since the mid 1990s, this region has experienced significant change.
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/30-y...
Since the mid 1990s, this region has experienced significant change.
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/30-y...
New paper alert! Gaps in policy implementation obscure conservation progress after two decades under Canada’s Wild Salmon Policy #WildSalmon #policy doi.org/10.1139/cjfa...
December 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New paper alert! Gaps in policy implementation obscure conservation progress after two decades under Canada’s Wild Salmon Policy #WildSalmon #policy doi.org/10.1139/cjfa...
A century ago, Chinook salmon could weigh over 70 pounds. Today, a 30 pound Chinook is considered a big catch. Modern fishing practices have shaped salmon evolution over time, leading fish to mature earlier and at smaller sizes. Watch the video: www.raincoast.org/2025/12/hone...
Honey, I shrunk the Chinook | Raincoast
Chinook salmon are getting smaller, and one explanation is uncomfortably familiar.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A century ago, Chinook salmon could weigh over 70 pounds. Today, a 30 pound Chinook is considered a big catch. Modern fishing practices have shaped salmon evolution over time, leading fish to mature earlier and at smaller sizes. Watch the video: www.raincoast.org/2025/12/hone...
In 2025, our researchers, alongside Earth Species Project and Icelandic Orca Project, set out to uncover how killer whales use sound to communicate, and how noise pollution interferes with these processes. But we need your help. Watch the video and learn more www.raincoast.org/listen/
Listening to protect | Raincoast
To protect killer whales, we first need to understand what they are communicating.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In 2025, our researchers, alongside Earth Species Project and Icelandic Orca Project, set out to uncover how killer whales use sound to communicate, and how noise pollution interferes with these processes. But we need your help. Watch the video and learn more www.raincoast.org/listen/
If you're in #YYJ on Thursday, don't miss seeing Dr. Valeria Vergara (@marine-valeria.bsky.social) at Bestcoast Outfitters! #SalishSea #UnderwaterNoise www.raincoast.org/event/bestco...
BestCoast Outfitters hosts Dr. Valeria Vergara: Listening to whales | Raincoast
BestCoast Outfitters is proud to present: Dr. Valeria Vergara, PhD.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If you're in #YYJ on Thursday, don't miss seeing Dr. Valeria Vergara (@marine-valeria.bsky.social) at Bestcoast Outfitters! #SalishSea #UnderwaterNoise www.raincoast.org/event/bestco...
A coalition of 35 experts from 26 organizations has issued an open letter to push for urgent action to restore Pacific salmon escapement monitoring👉
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Open Letter to the Honourable Joanne Thompson Minister of Fisheries | Raincoast
A coalition of 35 experts from 26 organizations has issued an open letter to push for urgent action to restore Pacific salmon escapement monitoring.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
A coalition of 35 experts from 26 organizations has issued an open letter to push for urgent action to restore Pacific salmon escapement monitoring👉
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/open...
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/open...
A wave of community support for hosting coastal listening stations
Let’s talk about our hydrophone stations and how you can help.
#Hydrophones #yvr www.raincoast.org/2025/12/a-wa...
Let’s talk about our hydrophone stations and how you can help.
#Hydrophones #yvr www.raincoast.org/2025/12/a-wa...
A wave of community support for hosting coastal listening stations | Raincoast
Let’s talk about our hydrophone stations and how you can help.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A wave of community support for hosting coastal listening stations
Let’s talk about our hydrophone stations and how you can help.
#Hydrophones #yvr www.raincoast.org/2025/12/a-wa...
Let’s talk about our hydrophone stations and how you can help.
#Hydrophones #yvr www.raincoast.org/2025/12/a-wa...
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Double your donation through corporate philanthropy: Find out if your employer participates in gift matching using this feature.
#GivingTuesday #Matching @raincoast.org www.raincoast.org/2025/12/doub...
#GivingTuesday #Matching @raincoast.org www.raincoast.org/2025/12/doub...
Double your donation through corporate philanthropy | Raincoast
Find out if your employer participates in gift matching using this feature.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Double your donation through corporate philanthropy: Find out if your employer participates in gift matching using this feature.
#GivingTuesday #Matching @raincoast.org www.raincoast.org/2025/12/doub...
#GivingTuesday #Matching @raincoast.org www.raincoast.org/2025/12/doub...
Happy #GivingTuesday from Raincoast! 💚 Did you know you can double—or even triple—your donation today and any day of the year through corporate gift matching? 💼✨
Find out if your employer participates in gift matching using this feature.
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Find out if your employer participates in gift matching using this feature.
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Double your donation through corporate philanthropy | Raincoast
Find out if your employer participates in gift matching using this feature.
www.raincoast.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Happy #GivingTuesday from Raincoast! 💚 Did you know you can double—or even triple—your donation today and any day of the year through corporate gift matching? 💼✨
Find out if your employer participates in gift matching using this feature.
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Find out if your employer participates in gift matching using this feature.
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Here on the traditional territory of the Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) First Nation, camera trap footage captures the first documented case of potential tool use in wild wolves.
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Wolves, tools, and intelligence | Raincoast
New evidence of complex problem-solving in wolves expands our understanding of their intelligence and underscores the need for ethical, evidence-based conservation.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Here on the traditional territory of the Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) First Nation, camera trap footage captures the first documented case of potential tool use in wild wolves.
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/wolf...
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/wolf...
Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
#bcpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
#bcpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. It’s not just the hard-won ground lo...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
#bcpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
#bcpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
The Raincoast Ocean Science Awards 2025 at the Vancouver Aquarium
The 2025 awards ceremony was an uplifting evening celebrating the past, commemorating the present, and looking to the future of ocean conservation.
#OceanScience #ConservationScience www.raincoast.org/2025/11/the-...
The 2025 awards ceremony was an uplifting evening celebrating the past, commemorating the present, and looking to the future of ocean conservation.
#OceanScience #ConservationScience www.raincoast.org/2025/11/the-...
The Raincoast Ocean Science Awards 2025 at the Vancouver Aquarium | Raincoast
The 2025 awards ceremony was an uplifting evening celebrating the past, commemorating the present, and looking to the future of ocean conservation.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Raincoast Ocean Science Awards 2025 at the Vancouver Aquarium
The 2025 awards ceremony was an uplifting evening celebrating the past, commemorating the present, and looking to the future of ocean conservation.
#OceanScience #ConservationScience www.raincoast.org/2025/11/the-...
The 2025 awards ceremony was an uplifting evening celebrating the past, commemorating the present, and looking to the future of ocean conservation.
#OceanScience #ConservationScience www.raincoast.org/2025/11/the-...
9 youth joined us aboard Achiever, our research sailboat! We partnered with the Red Fox Healthy Living Society, a non-profit that offers programs promoting active living and skill development to youth facing barriers, to deliver this transformative opportunity: www.raincoast.org/2025/11/yout...
Supporting youth through experiential learning in nature | Raincoast
Raincoast’s Salish Sea Emerging Stewards is an environmental education program that delivers immersive, hands-on learning on-land and at-sea, and we recently successfully completed another sailing…
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November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
9 youth joined us aboard Achiever, our research sailboat! We partnered with the Red Fox Healthy Living Society, a non-profit that offers programs promoting active living and skill development to youth facing barriers, to deliver this transformative opportunity: www.raincoast.org/2025/11/yout...
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When it comes to the endangered southern resident killer whales, doing less will lead to their extinction. The federal government can implement effective, practical, science-backed measures now that cost little or nothing.
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Opinion: How Canada can protect B.C.'s iconic killer whales without busting the budget
Three no-cost steps would advance the recovery of southern resident killer whales.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
When it comes to the endangered southern resident killer whales, doing less will lead to their extinction. The federal government can implement effective, practical, science-backed measures now that cost little or nothing.
@raincoast.org
@georgiastraitbc.bsky.social
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Thank you ANIÁN for always keeping us warm and dry in the field!
Now you get the opportunity to both benefit from their durable best-sellers AND support science-based conservation. You can shop the brand through our silent auction happening now. www.raincoast.org/2025/11/warm...
Now you get the opportunity to both benefit from their durable best-sellers AND support science-based conservation. You can shop the brand through our silent auction happening now. www.raincoast.org/2025/11/warm...
Warm and dry in the field! | Raincoast
Our staff members have been incredibly lucky and grateful to receive support from ANIÁN. Whether it is through gear donations for our youth sailing trips, collaboration to design our Raincoast toques…
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November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Thank you ANIÁN for always keeping us warm and dry in the field!
Now you get the opportunity to both benefit from their durable best-sellers AND support science-based conservation. You can shop the brand through our silent auction happening now. www.raincoast.org/2025/11/warm...
Now you get the opportunity to both benefit from their durable best-sellers AND support science-based conservation. You can shop the brand through our silent auction happening now. www.raincoast.org/2025/11/warm...
The Raincoast Ocean Science Awards are TOMORROW at the Vancouver Aquarium! But you don't have to be attending for a chance to win some epic gifts from our supporters - 100% of proceeds drive our mission to safeguard the lands, waters, and wildlife of coastal BC! www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
2025 Raincoast Ocean Science Awards' Silent Auction
2025 Raincoast Ocean Science Awards' Silent Auction
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November 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The Raincoast Ocean Science Awards are TOMORROW at the Vancouver Aquarium! But you don't have to be attending for a chance to win some epic gifts from our supporters - 100% of proceeds drive our mission to safeguard the lands, waters, and wildlife of coastal BC! www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
🌧️The dark and rainy times are upon us, but that doesn’t mean your adventures have to sunset as well - there’s gear that’s just as long-lasting and enduring as our love for times spent outdoors. And you could win it! Check out our Ocean Awards auction now. www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
2025 Raincoast Ocean Science Awards' Silent Auction
2025 Raincoast Ocean Science Awards' Silent Auction
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November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🌧️The dark and rainy times are upon us, but that doesn’t mean your adventures have to sunset as well - there’s gear that’s just as long-lasting and enduring as our love for times spent outdoors. And you could win it! Check out our Ocean Awards auction now. www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
🎙️For the finale of this podcast season, we’re switching it up! The roles are reversed – host Auston Chhor is interviewed and put in the hot seat to ponder some of the complex questions he’s thrown at guests throughout the previous episodes.
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Episode 15: Drones, science communication, and changing roles with Auston Chhor | Raincoast
Spoiler alert: fish don’t like being out of water.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
🎙️For the finale of this podcast season, we’re switching it up! The roles are reversed – host Auston Chhor is interviewed and put in the hot seat to ponder some of the complex questions he’s thrown at guests throughout the previous episodes.
www.raincoast.org/2025/11/15-d...
www.raincoast.org/2025/11/15-d...
Curious to see what a 🌊sea-to-🌲soil learning expedition is all about? The Land Healing Stewards Initiative brings together communities from throughout the Salish Sea to learn about coastal conservation. Check out the notes from the field: www.raincoast.org/2025/11/enga...
Engaging the next generation of land healing stewards | Raincoast
Immersed in the ecosystems of the Salish Sea, youth from Vancouver to Victoria came together to participate in coastal conservation.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Curious to see what a 🌊sea-to-🌲soil learning expedition is all about? The Land Healing Stewards Initiative brings together communities from throughout the Salish Sea to learn about coastal conservation. Check out the notes from the field: www.raincoast.org/2025/11/enga...