The last wild Wolves: Ghosts of the Great Bear Rainforest (2007)
By Ian McAllister and Raincoast’s Dr. Chris Darimont, with foreword by Raincoast’s Dr. Paul Paquet.
Published by Greystone Books (Canada), University of California – Berkeley Press (USA), Frederking & Thaler (Germany).
100% of Darimont and Paquet’s revenues were donated to the Qqs Society in support of science and cultural youth camps at Koeye. Qqs is a registered Heiltsuk First Nations charity.
This report is a critical assessment of protection for key wildlife & salmon habitats under the proposed BC Central Coast Land & Resource Management Plan undertaken by Dr. Paul Paquet, Dr. Chris Darimont, Dr. John Nelson and Katrina Bennett. The analysis focuses on salmon habitat, wolf homesites and deer winter range. The findings indicate that the CCLRMP’s PAS in its current form remain inadequate in protecting key wildlife species on the BC coast.
The Raincoast Wolf Project has modeled winter range habitat for deer in Heiltsuk Territory on the Central Coast. Habitat that is important for deer is also important for wolves, other large predators, and human hunters of deer. This report, endorsed by the Heiltsuk Tribal Council, identifies important habitat for deer during winter – habitat that is non-renewable under current industrial forestry models. Critical deer winter range occurs on only a small proportion of Heiltsuk Territory. Notably, researchers identified that almost half of this important habitat type fallls within the Timber Harvest Land Base and thus is potentially targeted for timber removal. This work will serve as an important layer in land-use planning. Note: Researchers used Heiltsuk Tradititional Territory boundaries as recognised by the Heiltsuk but acknowledge that there is considerable overlap with Traditional Territories of other coastal First Nations.
Authored by Dr. Brian Horejsi, Losing Ground analyzes the respective conservation enforcement capabilities of coastal BC and southeast Alaska. A comparison of the two jurisdictions reveals an enormous gap in enforcement capability between BC and Alaska. In every component compared, fish and wildlife enforcement capability in coastal BC did not measure up to Alaska fish and wildlife protection standards. At only 51 per cent of coastal Alaska’s capability, fish and wildlife enforcement capability in coastal BC is severely compromised. Wildlife populations and biological diversity are seriously threatened by the chronic underfunding and marginalization of wildlife conservation-oriented enforcement programs in BC.
Authored by Dr. Brian Horejsi, Losing Ground analyzes the respective conservation enforcement capabilities of coastal BC and southeast Alaska. A comparison of the two jurisdictions reveals an enormous gap in enforcement capability between BC and Alaska.
A proposed solution to the potential conflict between the home site requirements of wolves and areas targeted for timber harvest. Darimont and Paquet. 2002. Prepared for the Heiltsuk Nation and Western Forest Products.
