This new study provides valuable, site-specific information for managers within the Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation, the province, and beyond to implement measures to best manage ecotourism to benefit both bears and people. Monica Chris Darimont
raincoast.org/press/complex-…

Find the #OpenAccess study here, in Ecology: doi.org/10.1002/ecy.43…

Had a great meeting with MP Taylor Bachrach to discuss the the 2030 National Biodiversity Strategy. We are asking the NDP to ensure the Liberal gov delivers a strategy that has legal teeth, is equitable & adequately funded!
Nature Canada Raincoast Conservation Foundation #CNDPoli #NatureOnTheHill

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Kitasoo Xai-xais ⁦Douglas Neasloss⁩ team used CoViD shutdown (& half-watershed closures) to experimentally test how ecotourism influences grizzlies

Cool ⁦KXx Raincoast Conservation Foundation⁩ UniversityOfVictoria work!

Led by ⁦Monica⁩ in ⁦Ecology⁩ esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

An independent adjudicator has accepted a complaint from three B.C. groups that last week called on the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to suspend Alaskan #salmon as “sustainable.” #fisheries Misty MacDuffee Aaron Hill nsnews.com/highlights/adj… via North Shore News

LET'S GO! We're connecting Nature groups from across Canada with over 60 MPs and Ministers' offices to push for a National Biodiversity Strategy and a Nature Accountability Act. We're pushing the commitment to protect and restore nature! #natureonthehill naturecanada.ca/news/press-rel…

The Current with Matt Galloway - April 29, 2024: Tensions along the #TMX pipeline expansion #orcas #salmon David Scott cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Washington’s border waters are on the cusp of a major rise in oil tanker traffic #TMX #RobertsBank #orcas shar.es/agsZHA

Trans Mountain given more billion-dollar lifelines as debt costs, risks to taxpayers soar dlvr.it/T1HZ7l

The Current with Matt Galloway - April 29, 2024: Tensions along the #TMX pipeline expansion #orcas #salmon David Scott cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Our objection to MSC salmon certification now in hands of an independent adjudicator. SkeenaWild Watershed Watch Salmon Society raincoast.org/press/msc-salm…

Washington’s border waters are on the cusp of a major rise in oil tanker traffic #TMX #RobertsBank #orcas shar.es/agsZHA

So excited to be in Ottawa for the #NatureOnTheHill event with Nature Canada, kicking off this evening! Meetings with MPs begin tomorrow, bright and early.

Recovery actions for Southern Resident killer whales have long recognized the need to ensure adequate prey. Our analysis showed that the action with the greatest leverage for SRKW recovery remains their access to Chinook #salmon . #orcas raincoast.org/2024/04/bright…

The official challenge to the MSC, the world’s premier seafood certification body, came after SkeenaWild and Raincoast Conservation Foundation accused Alaskan #salmon fishers of intercepting millions of fish bound for home rivers in B.C., Washington and Oregon. vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/adj… via @viawesome

Misty MacDuffee, Raincoast Conservation Foundation wild #salmon program director, said in a statement that in accepting the objection, the adjudicator acknowledged “there may be flaws in the assessment of Alaska’s salmon fishery.” Misty MacDuffee Aaron Hill nsnews.com/highlights/adj… via North Shore News

So excited to be returning to Ottawa with Nature Canada for Nature on the Hill!

Recovery actions for Southern Resident killer whales have long recognized the need to ensure adequate prey. Our analysis showed that the action with the greatest leverage for SRKW recovery remains their access to Chinook #salmon . #orcas raincoast.org/2024/04/bright…