New research highlights important routes to spawning salmon for coastal bears
Hey Siri – what’s the best route to a seafood joint?
New study reveals complex relationships among grizzly bear activity, ecotourism, and salmon availability
The research found that bears can avoid ecotourists and take multiple weeks after encounters to return to their baseline activity levels. This new information can help fine-tune bear management and sustainable business practices.
Reflecting on our eighth year of Salish Sea Emerging Stewards programming
Our goal is to inspire and train the next generation of conservation stewards through land-based, at-sea, and online programming.
Wolf Stories: Killing in the name of conservation
Ethical and welfare considerations for lethally and non-lethally controlling wild animals.
The influence of ecotourism on grizzly bear activity depends on salmon abundance
A new study, “Influence of ecotourism on grizzly bear activity depends on salmon abundance in the Atnarko River corridor, Nuxalk Territory” released today in the journal, Conservation Science and Practice, finds that grizzly bear activity is affected by ecotourists in diverse ways that depend on how many salmon are present in the ecosystem. When salmon…
Join us for a webinar about our Safeguarding Coastal Carnivores campaign
In this bonus episode of Wolf School, we will go over our 25 year history of purchasing tenures and learn about a relational approach to coexistence.
Saving animal lives and supporting a conservation-based economy
We are 85% of the way to our goal to purchase the commercial trophy hunting rights in the Southern tenure!
The wonders of a Fraser River tributary
Delving into the realms of endangered Chinook salmon surveys and the ongoing resurgence of a wolf population.
Wolves, whales, and elephants: animal personalities, culture, and conservation
How studying animal culture can inform conservation.
Take action for grizzly bears
Please join us in telling the BC Government that grizzly bears need more time. Below, we’ve made it easy for you to send a letter to the following representatives urging the provincial government to extend the public response period to at least the end of 2023.
Letter to BC government on their Grizzly Bear Stewardship Framework public engagement process
The following letter was sent to Premier David Eby by Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Grizzly Bear Foundation, and Commercial Bear Viewing Association with regards to the province’s draft Grizzly Bear Stewardship Framework and public consultation process to urge them to extend the public engagement period and improve the process to provide sufficient time, resources, and opportunities…
The inertia of broken paradigms
In fisheries management, each population has what’s called a “maximum sustainable yield.”
