Published on 2020 10 19 | by Kate Field | in Notes from the Field
Patience, attention to detail, and the ability to adapt are a few human qualities that many strive to attain. Grizzly bear field research here on the Atnarko River, Nuxalk Territory, affords our crew the opportunity to develop those traits and put them to the test…
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Published on 2017 11 07 | by Brian Falconer, Guide Outfitter Coordinator | in For the coast
The NDP announcement to end all hunting of grizzly bears in the Great Bear Rainforest starting this November is a huge conservation success. But, there is more to be done…
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Published on 2016 02 13 | by Raincoast | in For the coast
While the announcement by the premier and Minister Steve Thomson essentially endorses the effort to buy out commercial trophy hunting businesses, it commits no direct support, nor does it address trophy hunting by BC residents which accounts for 60% of the grizzly kill in the Great Bear Rainforest and in the rest of province.
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Published on 2014 10 28 | by Raincoast | in In the News
Magazine speaks with three Raincoast leaders about the BC grizzly hunt and the province’s determination to kill bears…
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Published on 2014 09 04 | by Raincoast | in For the coast, In the News
Seaside Magazine: Grizzlies are moving to islands. Their presence should trigger greater habitat protection in the Great Bear Rainforest…
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Published on 2014 07 24 | by Raincoast | in In the News
Cara McKenna / The Tyee
Local guide’s knowledge, now backed by research from Raincoast and partners, raises major conservation concerns for bears on BC’s coast…
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Published on 2014 07 18 | by Raincoast | in For the coast, In the News
Chris Genovali / Huffington Post
Contrary to Minister Yamamoto’s assertions, there is no ecological, ethical, or economic justification for continuing to trophy kill B.C.’s grizzly bears…
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Published on | by Chris Genovali, Executive Director | in For the coast, In the News
Chris Genovali / Times Colonist
One can only conclude the minister of tourism was poorly briefed with regard to the grizzly hunt after reading about her recent speech on Saltspring…
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Published on 2014 07 17 | by Raincoast | in For the coast, In the News
Chris Genovali / Gulf Islands Driftwood
Our analysis showed that in the long term, it makes more economic sense to shoot grizzly bears with cameras than to shoot them with guns…
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Published on 2014 07 01 | by Raincoast | in Notes from the Field
Raincoast’s Ross Dixon writes about Canada’s grizzly heritage from the Khutzeymateen Valley on BC’s coast…
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Published on 2014 04 15 | by Raincoast | in For the coast, In the News
Chris Genovali / Special to the Vancouver Sun
We want these bears dead. This is the message the B.C. government’s “reallocation policy” sends to Raincoast, to British Columbians, and to the world…
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Published on 2014 04 03 | by Raincoast | in In the News
Dene Moore CP / The Globe and Mail
British Columbia’s controversial spring grizzly bear hunt opened Tuesday, with one of the highest number of hunting authorizations issued in decades…
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