Raincoast Conservation Foundation
@raincoast.org
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.
⛵️What was our research vessel, Achiever, up to all 2025?
SV Achiever offers education, research, and engagement opportunities on the BC coast year round. A GPS aboard frequently transmits its coordinates to display the current and past locations of the ship. www.raincoast.org/2026/01/what...
SV Achiever offers education, research, and engagement opportunities on the BC coast year round. A GPS aboard frequently transmits its coordinates to display the current and past locations of the ship. www.raincoast.org/2026/01/what...
A year in review: What was Achiever up to in 2025? | Raincoast
Watch our research vessel travel around the BC coast using our live tracking map.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:46 PM
⛵️What was our research vessel, Achiever, up to all 2025?
SV Achiever offers education, research, and engagement opportunities on the BC coast year round. A GPS aboard frequently transmits its coordinates to display the current and past locations of the ship. www.raincoast.org/2026/01/what...
SV Achiever offers education, research, and engagement opportunities on the BC coast year round. A GPS aboard frequently transmits its coordinates to display the current and past locations of the ship. www.raincoast.org/2026/01/what...
With @earthspecies.bsky.social, we're pairing video footage with concurrent audio recordings to understand how killer whales use sound across different social contexts. Reunions between mother-calf pairs are just one example of the functions we aim to explore further.
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Mother/calf Northern Resident killer whale encounter
YouTube video by Raincoast Conservation Foundation
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January 14, 2026 at 11:27 PM
With @earthspecies.bsky.social, we're pairing video footage with concurrent audio recordings to understand how killer whales use sound across different social contexts. Reunions between mother-calf pairs are just one example of the functions we aim to explore further.
youtube.com/shorts/hsbHa...
youtube.com/shorts/hsbHa...
New year’s dump, literally💩!
As we head into 2026, we wanted to share some results from our scat analysis work documenting what recovering wolf populations eat throughout the seasons: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctua...
As we head into 2026, we wanted to share some results from our scat analysis work documenting what recovering wolf populations eat throughout the seasons: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctua...
What does a wolf eat in a year?
YouTube video by Raincoast Conservation Foundation
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January 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
New year’s dump, literally💩!
As we head into 2026, we wanted to share some results from our scat analysis work documenting what recovering wolf populations eat throughout the seasons: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctua...
As we head into 2026, we wanted to share some results from our scat analysis work documenting what recovering wolf populations eat throughout the seasons: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctua...
🎉30 years of Raincoast's reach!
In 1996, Raincoast Conservation Foundation was established as a charitable organization in British Columbia. Since then, our researchers and scientists have contributed to groundbreaking work across the globe.
🔗Learn more 👉 www.raincoast.org/2025/12/30-y...
In 1996, Raincoast Conservation Foundation was established as a charitable organization in British Columbia. Since then, our researchers and scientists have contributed to groundbreaking work across the globe.
🔗Learn more 👉 www.raincoast.org/2025/12/30-y...
30 years of Raincoast’s reach | Raincoast
Our influence stretches internationally, with our researchers and scientists contributing to groundbreaking work across the globe.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
🎉30 years of Raincoast's reach!
In 1996, Raincoast Conservation Foundation was established as a charitable organization in British Columbia. Since then, our researchers and scientists have contributed to groundbreaking work across the globe.
🔗Learn more 👉 www.raincoast.org/2025/12/30-y...
In 1996, Raincoast Conservation Foundation was established as a charitable organization in British Columbia. Since then, our researchers and scientists have contributed to groundbreaking work across the globe.
🔗Learn more 👉 www.raincoast.org/2025/12/30-y...
Looking back at an incredible moment from the field in 2025 👉 youtube.com/shorts/MXpKu...
We’re working with @earthspecies.bsky.social to understand killer whale communication more deeply than ever before. But we need your support. Learn more at raincoast.org/listen. #conservationscience #yvr
We’re working with @earthspecies.bsky.social to understand killer whale communication more deeply than ever before. But we need your support. Learn more at raincoast.org/listen. #conservationscience #yvr
January 1, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Looking back at an incredible moment from the field in 2025 👉 youtube.com/shorts/MXpKu...
We’re working with @earthspecies.bsky.social to understand killer whale communication more deeply than ever before. But we need your support. Learn more at raincoast.org/listen. #conservationscience #yvr
We’re working with @earthspecies.bsky.social to understand killer whale communication more deeply than ever before. But we need your support. Learn more at raincoast.org/listen. #conservationscience #yvr
🤔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
YouTube video by Raincoast Conservation Foundation
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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.
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/30-y...
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.
www.raincoast.org
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.
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/doub...
Find out if your employer participates in gift matching using this feature.
www.raincoast.org/2025/12/doub...
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...
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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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@georgiastraitbc.bsky.social
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@georgiastraitbc.bsky.social
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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
🌎
@raincoast.org
@georgiastraitbc.bsky.social
🌎