Prime Minister Trudeau’s government has announced a new National Energy Board process for the Trans Mountain tanker-and-pipeline project. The Federal…
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A Summer with Georgia Strait Alliance
In May, Octavio Cruz and I joined Georgia Strait Alliance’s Species Protection Outreach Team as summer students. Our goal was…
Read more »The Whale Guru
Ron Bates, known as the Whale Guru by his loved ones, has spent most of his life with killer whales…
Read more »Who grew those oysters on your plate?
The story of shellfish from tide-to-table The average seafood eater on BC’s South Coast is probably blissfully unaware that it…
Read more »Clean Marine BC raises the bar
Not only has participation in Clean Marine BC, our voluntary eco-certification program, been growing in leaps and bounds – our marinas…
Read more »Apex Predators and a Healthy Planet
Large predators often get a bad rap in terms of public outlook and opinion. Large predators in both marine and…
Read more »Green boating in the southern Salish Sea
We recently had a chance to speak with Adria Lau, Program Manager of Washington’s Clean Boating Foundation, which has many similarities…
Read more »From Machine Guns to Save-the-Whales
A History of Human and Orca Interactions In June 1961, the Department of Fisheries mounted a .50 caliber machine-gun overlooking…
Read more »3 heart-sinking realizations about BC’s oil spill response
We recently completed our submission to the province’s oil spill regulations process, along with thousands of members of the public….
Read more »Are resident orcas moving on?
Southern resident orcas are one of the most highly studied whale populations in the world. Every individual has a name…
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