Protecting the Great Bear Campaign

Raincoast Islands Photo: Ashley Shields
GRANT NAME:
Protecting the Great Bear Campaign
GRANTEE:
Raincoast Conservation Foundation
LOCATION
Sidney, BC
AMOUNT
$30,000
Year
2015

In partnership with the Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation and their Spirit Bear Research Foundation (SBRF), Raincoast will directly, rapidly, and permanently protect an additional 740,000 acres of their traditional territory from industrial clear cut logging in British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest; the habitat of grizzly bears, spirit bears, and exceptional wilderness recreation.