Wolf habituation a human issue
Chris Bolster and Dean Unger / Powell River Peak
Management of few animals in BC is more contentious than wolves. Seen by some as a symbol of our wilderness heritage and by others as a threat…
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B.C. groups ask court to block approval of Northern Gateway pipeline
Peter O’Neil / Vancouver Sun
A long-expected stampede to the courts has begun as environmental groups and First Nations seek to block Enbridge Inc’s proposed $7.9-billion Northern Gateway megaproject… -
U.S. relocation of Canadian wolves may be too successful
Dene Moore / The Canadian Press
The problem lies not in whether the wolves can adapt, says Dr. Paquet, but whether people who have lived without the top-tier predators for generations can do so… -
Why NEB’s Gateway Report is vulnerable to legal assault
By Robyn Allan / TheTyee.ca
The federal Joint Review Panel report recommending Ottawa approve Northern Gateway has a number of flaws, errors and misrepresentations… -
Study could have altered Gateway report: scientist
Peter James / Prince George Citizen
Raincoast senior scientist Paul Paquet said an Environment Canada report on diluted bitumen could have pushed the panel to recommend different conditions… -
Herring key food for land-based species: study
Sarah Petrescu / Times Colonist
Scientists on Vancouver Island have for the first time linked spawning Pacific herring, a well-known marine food fish, to the health of land creatures big and small… -
Ecogroups hope to oust bear-hunting guides from rainforest
Mark Hume, Globe and Mail
Environmental group hopes to raise money needed to buyout hunting licenses in the Great Bear Rainforest… -
Rolling the dice on the Salish Sea
By Judith Lavoie, FOCUS
As bright yellow drift cards were tossed into the Salish Sea from Raincoast’s vessel Achiever, it was a stark reminder of all that could be lost if oil spills… -
Biologists warn against proposal to expand grizzly bear hunt
By Wendy Stueck, The Globe and Mail
The B.C. government is proposing to open up grizzly hunting next season, despite a recent study that concluded the government is underestimating the number of bears killed each year… -
Salmon shortages stressing grizzlies
By Mark Hume, The Globe and Mail
When salmon runs dwindle on the B.C. coast, the stress levels in grizzlies climb, say researchers who examined hair samples collected from more than 70 bears… -
Is Hunting Grizzlies Really Sporting?
By Jude Isabella, Slate
Someone shot a grizzly bear in Heiltsuk Territory, in Kwatna Inlet, part of the Great Bear Rainforest. The killer? Clayton Stoner, an NHL defenseman for the Minnesota Wild… -
Stephen Hume: B.C.’s promotion of grizzly hunt is ideological, not scientific
By Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun
A new scientific study reports that grizzly bear mortalities exceed government targets in half the areas where hunting is permitted. This earns another “ho hum” from provincial wildlife authorities…
