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Category Archives: Coastwatch

Coastwatch and colleagues in the Victoria Times Colonist

We’re excited to share with you that Coastwatch Director William Housty, along with our friends at Raincoast Conservation Foundation, is featured in a new article by Judith Lavoie at the Victoria Times Colonist. This article highlights some of the important work being done on grizzly bears in Heiltsuk territory. Please follow this link to read [...]

Qqs and Parnters in Scientific American online

Have you checked out Anne Casselman’s four-part series about science in the Great Bear Rainforest? Anne joined us in June of this year to spend time out on the water with folks from Raincoast Conservation Foundation, the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department and our very own Coastwatch boys. Anne’s thoughtful report is available on the [...]

Meet the Coastwatch Boys!

Coastwatch Heiltsuk Monitoring Initiative is the science arm of Qqs Projects. Throughout the year, Coastwatch works on a range of projects – from grizzly bear genetic sampling to a comprehensive outer coastal monitoring program. You’ll see our boys out on the water in our stylin’ Coastwatch herring skiff, pictured below: We proudly fly the Coastal [...]

Field Notes: Goose Island

My name is Morgan Hocking. I am a scientist with Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Vancouver with the Hakai Network for Coastal People, Ecosystems and Management. I feel very privileged to have also been nominated as the Coastwatch Director of Science, working alongside William Housty, Collin Reid, Jordan Wilson and crew. William and Colin were [...]