Get Some Island Time: Quadra Island and Cortes Island

How time flies. Almost 20 years past, I spent numerous days bike touring on Quadra Island and Cortes Island, located east of Campbell River on Vancouver Island. I returned on […]

Salish Sea Marine Trail connects Vancouver Island to BC Mainland

How do you connect the Trans Canada Trail from the British Columbia mainland to Vancouver Island? Just add saltwater and stir with a paddle. The result is the Salish Sea […]

Astonishing Perspective from a Kayak of Breaching Humpback Whales

During a Discovery Islands Kayaking Expedition last August, paddlers had been enjoying the usual features of this trip, amazing scenery, fantastic camping, great meals in the wilderness and just getting […]

A Fyke Net, Steve, Killer Whales and the Bella Rose

It takes this and more to locate, capture, sample, release and analyze the results from our juvenile salmon field research in the Fraser River estuary near Vancouver, BC. On the […]

BC Oil Tanker Ban won’t actually ban Tankers Full of Oil Products

The Oil Tanker Ban won’t actually ban Tankers Full of Oil products on British Columbia’s North Coast Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s November proposal to ban oil tanker traffic from B.C.’s […]

“Hunt” grizzlies in the Great Bear Rainforest with Raincoast

What is it like to go on a “grizzly hunt” in the Great Bear Rainforest aboard Raincoast’s 70-foot research vessel the Achiever? This year, why not join us and find […]

Justice Minister: Ottawa Can’t Force Kinder Morgan on B.C.

In the lead-up to the 2015 federal election, Dogwood Initiative collected survey responses from candidates in every B.C. riding. They asked for their positions on key B.C. issues, so constituents […]