Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery

For more than a decade, Raincoast has been championing recovery for Canada’s endangered salmon-eating killer whales. With more deaths this year than births, action is needed now more than ever. Support our work by bidding on one of two incredible adventures in the Great Bear Rainforest, lunch with two Cetacean scientists, or a Raincoast gift basket. 
Your contribution allows us to advance initiatives for this critically endangered population of killer whales.
What our ongoing efforts look like:

• We hold governments accountable for the gaps between the actions taken and those still needed for recovery
• Monitoring underwater noise 
• Monitoring the suitability of salmon prey 
• Monitoring the quality of water reaching the Salish Sea 
• We restore habitat that will help rebuild Chinook salmon
• We take this information to court to uphold laws designed to protect critical habitat and reduce threats.

Combining this information with the body condition of killer whales and population analysis, we identify scientifically robust actions that, if implemented, would reduce threats and improve conditions for Southern Residents, inside and outside the Salish Sea.
Learn more here.
We are now seeking funds to further our threat reduction efforts.  With the help of a couple generous donors, we hope to achieve our goal in raising funds for these efforts

Investigate. Inform. Inspire.

Raincoast is a team of conservationists empowered by our scientific research to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of coastal British Columbia. Our mandate is to investigate, inform, and inspire. Using the best science, we investigate to understand coastal species and ecology. We inform by bringing science to decision makers and communities. We inspire people to be ambassadors for, and protectors of, this priceless coast. We brand this informed advocacy; a unique blend of rigorous science, applied ethics, and grassroots activism.