Wild Auction — A Wild Success!
Earlier this month, 120 artists, individuals, and businesses took part in our third annual Pacific Wild fundraiser – Wild Auction.
Pacific Wild Alliance Launches Online Auction Funding Conservation Efforts in British Columbia
More than 100 items from artists and businesses around the world are up for grabs and showcased on an interactive StoryMap charting support for B.C. biodiversity and wildlife.
Photography & Conservation: An Interview with Daisy Gilardini
During childhood, Daisy Gilardini fell in love with the natural world. This passion has evolved into a lifelong commitment to spread the message of conservation and the need to preserve what’s left of the world’s remaining wild places. Today, she works as an accomplished conservation photographer specializing in the Polar Regions, with a particular emphasis on Antarctic wildlife and North American bears. She grew up in Switzerland but is now based out of Vancouver, Canada. A friend of Pacific Wild, she’s spent a great deal of time documenting wildlife in the Great Bear Rainforest region.
An Introduction to Marine Protected Areas
What are Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), why are they helpful and how much of Canada’s oceans are protected?
Photography & Conservation: An Interview with Ryan Tidman
A friend and collaborator of Pacific Wild, Ryan Tidman is a conservation photographer and filmmaker based on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He grew up with a love of nature, mesmerized by wildlife documentaries like Planet Earth. Since completing studies in Environmental Visual Communications at the Royal Ontario Museum, he’s found himself on numerous adventures around the globe documenting iconic moments with wildlife. Learn more about Ryan below.
Fishers Struggle to Fill Already-Reduced Quota in Strait of Georgia Herring Fishery
Gillnet fishery remains open while fishermen go without catch for nearly two weeks — an historical first for the Strait of Georgia herring fishery. Conservationists and scientists believe government mismanagement and lack of mature fish to blame.
Press Release: Unsustainable Herring Roe Fishery Opens Amidst Calls for Moratorium
Conservationists and scientists urge DFO to close Pacific herring commercial fishery despite reduction in quota.
Pacific Wild’s Response to Commercial Herring SOK Fishery Closure
DFO just announced the closure of the commercial harvest of herring spawn on kelp (SOK) in the Central Coast. For the Heiltsuk people and many other coastal First Nations, SOK has been a cornerstone of their diet and ceremonies for thousands of years.
Introducing Howl2Horgan
Howl2Horgan is our new wolf-focused public engagement campaign targeted at Premier John Horgan.
Environmental Coalition Launches New Campaign to End B.C. Wolf Cull
An amalgamation of not-for-profit organizations working to stop the British Columbia (B.C.) government’s wolf cull program launched Howl2Horgan, a new public engagement campaign targeted at Premier John Horgan.
Protecting Pacific Herring
On Monday February 7th, Pacific Wild’s Marine Campaigner Emmie Page held a talk on herring conservation. In her Protecting Pacific Herring: updates in conservation and management of B.C.’s foundational fish presentation, Emmie discussed the importance of herring as a keystone species of Pacific coast marine ecology.
Radio Canada: The River Walkers
There are only a handful of Pacific salmon charter patrolmen in British Columbia, much like these fish, which have been in steep decline for decades.
Media Follow Up: B.C. Wolf Cull Renewal
In January 2022, we broke the news that the B.C. government had quietly renewed its wolf cull program for five additional years despite widespread public opposition.
Times Colonist: B.C. extends wolf cull despite nearly 60% opposition
The B.C. government has extended its controversial wolf cull program for another five years, despite opposition from many scientists and the public.
Press Release: B.C. Wolf Cull Approved for Five Additional Years
Today, we learned the provincial government of British Columbia’s (B.C.) controversial wolf cull was renewed for another five years despite widespread public opposition and a lack of action to protect critical old-growth habitat—the root cause of endangered caribou declines.
Pacific Wild’s Recommendations for the Pacific Herring IFMP
Pacific Wild is submitting the following as per the request for input pertaining to the 2021/2022 Integrated Fishery Management Plan for Pacific herring.
Pacific Wild Journal 2021: Dispatches from a Northern Rainforest
Featuring articles, updates and opinions on current campaigns, the Pacific Wild Journal is a comprehensive look at the work we’ve done, and where we are going.
Data Deficiency: The Salmon Dilemma
Pacific Wild recently completed an in-depth analysis of salmon enumeration data, compiled from the Pacific Salmon Foundation Salmon Explorer and DFO New Escapement Salmon Database. This research determined how many salmon spawning streams are monitored and counted on a yearly basis and identified voids in data collection.
