Our Campaigns
Founded in 1979, Friends of Clayoquot Sound (FOCS) has a 40+ year legacy of environmental justice education, community organizing, and direct action for the protection of the ancient ecosystems in Clayoquot Sound. Based in Tofino, we are peaceful, strategic, courageous advocates for culture, biodiversity, and conservation.
Indigenous Solidarity
Friends of Clayoquot Sound recognize the governance, laws, and jurisdiction of Indigenous Nations to be the highest of the land, air, and water, since time immemorial.
Ancient Rainforest Protection
Many of Clayoquot Sound’s intact valleys have not been logged yet. Since 1979, FOCS have led innovative organizing to protect this globally rare and irreplaceable ecosystem.
Defend Wild Salmon
In the 1980s fish farms began to threaten marine life including wild salmon stocks. Clayoquot Sound now has one of the highest densities of salmon feedlots on the BC coast.
Clayoquot Mining Ban
Imperial Metals is pushing for a copper mine 13 kilometres north of Tofino within unceded Ahousaht territory, and also a gold mine within unceded Tla-o-qui-aht territory.
Climate Action Now
Canada is the largest per capita public financer of fossil fuels. The recent Canadian Government purchase of the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline is fueling the climate crisis.
Earth Keepers Education
Earth Keepers develops community through artistic projects to strengthen environmental stewardship, youth leadership, artistic voice, innovation, and regional connectedness.
Latest Updates
Clayoquot Salmon Festival X The Festival of What Works
Salmon play an integral role for coastal livelihoods, cultures, and ecosystems on the west coast. And they lead incredible lives, starting in freshwater then migrating to the ocean. Celebrating the backbone of the west coast is what inspires Friends of Clayoquot...
Canada Commits $2.3 Billion to 25% Protection by 2025: Funding for Indigenous Protected Areas is Necessary
The Government of Canada has committed to conserving 25% of lands and 25% of oceans in Canada by 2025. In the 2021 Federal Budget, Canada committed $2.3 billion to conserve up to 1 million square kilometers more land and inland waters -- including through...
Solutions Exist for Permanent Protection of Ancient Forests
What started as a fight to protect the Fairy Creek headwaters has expanded into a fight to protect the last 2.7% of old growth, with numerous active, mobile blockades preventing logging. By mid-June, with more than 200 people arrested within BC Premier Horgan’s own...
Collaborative DFO Study Confirms PRV Salmon Virus Spread From Salmon Farms
Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) – which is associated with lethal kidney and liver damage in Chinook salmon – is continually being transmitted between open-net salmon farms and wild juvenile Chinook salmon in British Columbia waters, according to a new genomics...
95% Reduction of Sea Lice on Wild Salmon Following Removal of Salmon Farms
“Following Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan’s December 17, 2020 decision to prohibit restocking of 19 fish farms in the Discovery Islands, this spring’s out-migration of juvenile salmon are the first to swim through a fish farm-free Okisollo Channel in over 25...
Latest Facebook Post
August E-News: #FairyCreekBlockade 1 Year Anniversary + #MOVEFORTHETREESCHALLENGE + #GlobalClimateStrike http://p0.vresp.com/Nu15f1
About Us
Friends of Clayoquot Sound was established in Tofino in 1979, focusing on the logging activity on nearby Meares Island. Discover our History
Interactive Map
This map shows the Clayoqout Sound watershed, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Click to open a zoomable, interactive Google map with layers showing old growth, protected & unprotected areas, fish farms, potential mine sites, hiking & paddling routes, and more about Clayoquot Sound.
Thanks to volunteer Veronika Degmayr and her GIS skills for creating the map!
Take Action
Become a Donor
Your one-time or monthly gift helps us to protect the wilderness of Clayoquot Sound for future generations. Your support makes a difference!
Join the Volunteer Team
We are a grassroots environmental group. The efforts of our tiny paid staff are amplified by the work of volunteers. There are many ways you can help out!
Become a Donor
Join the Volunteer Team
Speak Out
Governments remember the massive protests that happened here in 1993, and they sit up and listen when people write in about Clayoquot. Please add your voice now and be part of saving Clayoquot Sound for future generations.
