Karen McAllister
Executive Director
Laurie McConnell
Dir. of Community & Systems
Natasha Wehn
Project Director
Sydney Dixon
Marine Specialist
Roan Bohonos
Content Designer
Mollie Cameron
Wolf Campaigner
Lars Isaac
Videographer & Video Editor
Email: info@pacificwild.org
Phone: 250-380-0547
Main Office
1529 Amelia Street, Victoria, BC
Lək̓ʷəŋən Territory
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Field Office
P.O. Box 26
Denny Island, BC
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This Giving Tuesday, December 3, your donation can help stop the killing. 🐺💔 In B.C., wolf pups and their families are being targeted in a brutal cull, despite growing evidence that protecting old-growth habitat will save caribou. These intelligent, social animals deserve protection—not persecution.
Your donation will be matched, doubling your impact to fight for a future where wolves are treated with respect and compassion. Together, we can advocate for science-based solutions and safeguard these iconic creatures.
🎁 On December 3, donate, double your donation, and stand with us to end the BC wolf cull. Their lives depend on our action. 💛
Cover image by @sychdi
This Giving Tuesday, December 3, your generosity can make waves for wildlife. 🌊🐋 Endangered Southern Resident killer whales need all of us to take action.
These iconic orcas are struggling due to declining salmon populations, vessel noise, and pollution. But this Giving Tuesday, your donation will be matched, doubling your impact as Pacific Wild works raise awareness and research new ways to protect their critical habitat and restore the food they rely on.
🎁 Join us on December 3 to take action. Together, we can help safeguard the future of these majestic animals before it’s too late. 💙
📹 @iantmcallister , @cammacarthur
#GivingTuesday #SouthernResidentKillerWhales #SaveTheOrcas #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeConservation
⚠️ Despite calls for a managed pause from First Nations chiefs, researchers, conservationists and community members, the Pacific herring Food and Bait fishery is opening at 4:00pm today in the Strait of Georgia with a quota of 2,100 short tons.
🐟This year, the Marine Conservation Caucus have chosen “to not endorse any harvest options for Strait of Georgia herring in 2024/2025”. Citing alongside many other organizations that DFO is continuing to develop harvest advice without considering the drastic changes in spawning over space and time in the Strait of Georgia, or the drivers of these changes.
👀Stay tuned for updates. We will be closely monitoring fishing activity and the herring spawn over the next few months.🌊
#ProtectPacificHerring #SalishSea #Herring #BritishColumbia
📸: @iantmcallister
Wild salmon are the lifeblood of B.C.’s ecosystems, feeding forests, wildlife, and communities. But their survival is at risk. 🌊
Pacific Wild is fighting for these iconic species by demanding stronger protections, accurate monitoring, and the speedy transition away from harmful open-net pen salmon farms. Together, we can help wild salmon populations recover. 🐟
Support our work today to protect wild salmon for generations to come.
#Salmon #SalmonConservation #MarineConservation #SaveWildSalmon #FishFarmsOut
This Giving Tuesday, December 3, your generosity goes even further.
🐺🏔️Picture this: wolves roaming freely in interior ranges, playing in the forest, thriving with their families.
But their future is uncertain without our help. This Giving Tuesday, every dollar you donate will be matched, doubling your impact for these incredible creatures. Together, we can protect their coastal home and ensure these playful scenes remain for generations to come.
👉Don’t wait—mark your calendar for December 3 and help us make a lasting difference for wolves. Your kindness can help keep their wild spirit alive. ❤️
🎥: @iantmcallister
#GivingTuesday #Wolves #NatureLovers #MakeADifference
5 days until Giving Tuesday! 🐾
This year, let’s come together to protect one of nature’s rarest treasures: the spirit bear. These precious cubs, with their creamy white fur and deep connection to BC’s Great Bear Rainforest, depend on healthy forests, and thriving salmon populations to survive. 🌲🐟
Your gift can make a big difference. Every dollar helps safeguard their home and ensure future generations get to witness their magic. Let’s show these little ones how much we care! ❤️
🌟 Countdown with us and make your Giving Tuesday count! Together, we can protect what matters most. When you make a gift on Tuesday December 3rd, your gift will be DOUBLED- that means an even bigger difference. 🙌
#GivingTuesday #SpiritBear #GreatBearRainforest #Donate
Karen McAllister
Executive Director
Karen has been involved in wildlife protection in British Columbia for over two decades. Initially, she worked on frontline campaigns to protect Vancouver Island’s endangered rainforest, moving north in the 1990s to begin efforts to protect the central and north coast of B.C. She coauthored The Great Bear Rainforest with her husband Ian, and is a conservation director of Pacific Wild. Karen and Ian live with their two children on Denny Island.
Laurie McConnell
Director of Community & Systems,
Interim Wolf Campaigner
Laurie spent her twenties exploring the BC coastline every summer aboard a 26′ wooden sloop sailboat and discovered a love for the wild marine environment and all the creatures within it.
She relocated to the Sunshine Coast and has spent 30 years involved in the community across a variety of organizations and initiatives. She has a journalism degree and a background in communications, and studied art and creative writing as tools to transform the way we communicate around charged topics. Donor relations, stewardship, Friends of Pacific Wild and Artists for the Great Bear Rainforest are paired with digital systems management for a never-a-dull-moment role.
She is delighted to be working in her great love of BC’s unique coastal geography and culture. This is her dream job, helping protect such a critical piece of British Columbia and engaging in outreach and development to further Pacific Wild’s goals in the Great Bear Rainforest and Sea.
Natasha Wehn
Project Director
Natasha is a filmmaker and organizer who has worked in the film industry in Vancouver for 8 years. Growing up in Howe Sound, she was profoundly impacted by the power and beauty of the wilderness around her and has always sought to bring together her love of nature and storytelling.
Natasha has a BA in film from Simon Fraser University and studied Project Management at UBC’s Sauder School of Business. She has worked in a wide variety of departments in the film industry, from camera to casting, the production office to production design, and sound to Assistant Directing. This broad experience provided a solid foundation for transitioning into Producing. One of the most rewarding projects was Luk’Luk’I; a 2017 docudrama that collaborated with residents in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to tell their stories. Working on that project permanently changed Natasha’s perspective of life in the DTES. Natasha’s films have been screened in festivals internationally and won numerous awards.
Natasha believes that visual storytelling has an incredible capacity to build bridges and open people up to new perspectives. She is very excited to work at Pacific Wild and advocate for our precious planet, especially our incredibly unique coastal ecosystems.
In her spare time, Natasha enjoys breathing in the salty sea breeze, feeling the sun on her face, and learning about anything anyone is willing to teach her!
Sydney Dixon
Marine Specialist
Sydney was born and raised on the coast of British Columbia and her passion for the ocean began at a young age with a fascination for tide pools. This passion continued to grow through adolescence and into adulthood. Sydney completed an undergraduate degree in marine science and geography and began her career in the marine field through environmental monitoring and leading wildlife tours as a vessel captain.
After moving to the west coast of Vancouver Island, Sydney entered the nonprofit world where she worked in marine research and education. Now, in 2022 and back in Victoria B.C., Sydney has joined the team at Pacific Wild and is thrilled to be sharing her knowledge and passion for the marine environment with a talented team of coworkers and a diverse audience. Sydney has joined the Ocean Conservation Lab at UVIC, and the MARS Project as a Research Assistant.
Rob Hackney, CPA, CGA
Manager of Finance
Rob has admired the natural world from a young age. Enamoured by tales of the fabled Pacific Northwest, he drove westbound across Canada in his early twenties. Captivated by the sheer beauty of the rainforests, coastal climate, mountainous regions, and plethora of wildlife, he made Victoria, BC, his home in 2007.
Rob pursued studies on Vancouver Island, completing a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with majors in accounting and finance. He further pursued a professional accounting designation, and received his letters (CPA, Chartered Professional Accountant) in 2015. He has worked in financial and tax accounting for private sector accounting firms, in legislation administration for the federal government, and in management information systems technology for an international organization.
Rob enjoys a wide range of outdoor activities including snowboarding, rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking, and learning about mycology and mycorrhizal fungi and plants.
With Pacific Wild, Rob has an outlet for his financial prowess and passion for protecting the environment. He is grateful to be working with a team of talented professionals in the fight to protect biodiversity and species at risk in our coastal ecosystems.
Roan Bohonos
Digital Content Designer
Roan was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, and has always had a curiosity and appreciation of the natural world. His love for the coastal environment of B.C. and passion for wildlife protection ignited even further through having spent many summers on Vancouver Island whilst growing up.
Roan graduated in 2020 from the Alberta University of the Arts with a Bachelor’s of Design. After graduating, he spent a few years in the stock video/photography as well as freelancing space, honing his creative skills in the areas of graphic design, motion graphics, and video editing.
After moving to Victoria B.C. in 2021, Roan joined the Pacific Wild crew near the beginning of 2023. His personal interests and hobbies include basketball, snowboarding, hiking, photography, watching movies, photo-collaging, chess, and travel.
Mollie Cameron
Wolf Campaigner
Mollie grew up in Windsor, Ontario and relocated to the west coast in 2016 where she found herself completely captivated by the terrestrial wildlife on Vancouver Island.
Mollie has spent several years volunteering her time providing wildlife education in local communities, with a heavy focus on how to peacefully coexist with carnivores. She has years of field experience monitoring carnivores and studying their behaviour using remote camera traps, investigating wildlife signs and documenting predation events.
She is immensely grateful to be working with Pacific Wild, advocating for wolves. Mollie believes that our province’s carnivore population is often misjudged and hopes to inspire admiration and understanding for all of British Columbia’s wildlife.
Lars Isaac
Videographer & Video Editor
