Scientists are delivering new insights into the source, fate, and effects of plastics and microplastics in Canada
Research is driving innovation in policies and practices.
Notes from the field
Get the stories from researchers and team members in the field. From collecting data to wading in the bog, find out how our science and collaboration is about people and place.
Final field days of 2024
Canoes, old-growth forests, and appreciating the cycle of life.
Sailing and learning in the Salish Sea
The Special Bird Service recently joined the Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program aboard Achiever.
Creekwalking in Heiltsuk Territory
This past fall, Raincoast’s Wild Salmon team and technicians from the Reynolds Lab at Simon Fraser University conducted fieldwork for a long-term chum and pink salmon spawner monitoring project in Heiltsuk Territory. Started in 2007, the project monitors spawning populations in 27 small streams throughout the territory, and the data is used to inform fisheries…
Studying the impacts of drought on salmon habitat in the Nicola watershed
We’re conducting collaborative science to build climate resilience for salmon in the Nicola watershed.
Restoring marsh habitat in the Fraser River Estuary
Raincoast’s Fraser Estuary Research and Restoration Program has been developing plans for future habitat restoration projects.
Wildfire, watersheds, and landscape change
Exploring the co-benefits of collaborative, landscape-scale approaches to managing fire in coastal forests of southern BC.
Using drones to study killer whale health
Every summer our Cetacean Scientists use innovative drone technology to study whales.
Exploring the Salish Sea with youth aboard Achiever
With the Red Fox Healthy Living Society, we spent five days aboard our research vessel, Achiever, exploring the Salish Sea.
Learning from the two lives of grad school
Sharon Kay, graduate student in the Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab, shares about her experience in grad school.
Learning to listen: Engaging the Sunshine Coast community on underwater noise
We hosted a learning event on underwater noise.
Sampling water during the wet season: A new partnership with the Lower Nicola Indian Band reflects a shared interest in protecting water
Land use impacts and floods in focus by Nicola River communities.