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Where bears, fish, and humans roam

Published on 2019 11 01 | by Kate Field | in For the coast

A bear stands or floats in the water eating a giant salmon.

Transitioning between seasons can often push your senses to work overtime. This is especially true in summer and autumn in the Atnarko River corridor, where the river comes alive with Chinook, chum, pink, sockeye, and coho salmon runs. The smell of a river containing spawned-out fish is unforgettable, and one I have grown fond of. […]

Salmon, bears and people

Published on 2019 08 29 | by Megan Adams, Hakai-Raincoast Scholar | in For the coast

Megan Adams and Patrick Johnson, Wuikinuxv Guardian Watchmen, collect hair samples.

Grizzly and black bears do a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to connecting marine and terrestrial ecosystems along the coast. As fish return each fall to spawn, bears catch salmon and eat them along the river banks or adjacent forests, leaving food and nutrient sources for hundreds of species of scavengers on […]

Letter: Protection of grizzly bears should be strengthened in the expansion of the Species at Risk Act

Published on 2018 01 23 | by Raincoast | in Backgrounders

A grizzly bear pulls on some brush along the shoreline

Raincoast supports the proposal to list 13 new terrestrial species to Schedule 1 of Canada’s Species at Risk Act. While we are encouraged by this, the focus of this submission is on grizzly bears…

Jubilation over NDP decision to stop grizzly hunting in British Columbia

Published on 2017 12 18 | by Chris Genovali, Executive Director | in Conservation update

A grizzly bear looks out over the misty forests of the Great Bear Rainforest.

Raincoast Conservation Foundation is hailing the NDP government’s announcement ending grizzly hunting in not only the Great Bear Rainforest, but the entire province. It is an enormous conservation victory for wildlife in British Columbia…

Raincoast submission on the grizzly hunt consultation

Published on 2017 11 09 | by Chris Genovali, Executive Director | in Conservation update

A grizzly bear stands in the long grass on the shores of the Great Bear Rainforest: Save the Great Bears.

On November 1, 2017, Raincoast submitted our comments to the Province of British Columbia’s grizzly hunt consultation process…

Weddings, animal welfare, conservation policy and…marriage

Published on 2017 10 23 | by Sherwin Arnott | in Raincoast updates

Victoria couple, Laylí and Niño, with their family on their wedding day

There is widespread agreement that the commercial and recreational hunting of animals, like grizzly bears, must stop. But sometimes the passion and energy that humans have to bring science and sound policy and compassion to these issues is missed…

New research gives insight into the minds of hunters

Published on 2017 09 05 | by Chris Darimont, Raincoast Director of Science | in For the coast

A grizzly bear sits down in the shallow water on the BC Coast.

Research from Raincoast and UVic has shed new light on what satisfies hunters. Reporting in the Wildlife Society Bulletin, we found that appreciation of nature and affiliation are common, but less pronounced ‘satisfactions’ expressed by hunters.

New government moves BC into 21st Century by stopping the hunting of grizzly bears in the Great Bear Rainforest

Published on 2017 08 14 | by Raincoast | in For the coast

A grizzly bear stands in the grass near the shallows of the Great Bear Rainforest, in Canada.

Raincoast is hailing the province’s announcement to end grizzly hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest. We await details of the government’s new policy but anticipate working with the province and First Nations to acquire the remaining commercial hunting territories…

Where the salmon-loving bears roam

Published on 2017 06 16 | by Megan Adams, Hakai-Raincoast Scholar | in Conservation update

A sow and her cubs munch on grass at Grassy Point

After years of field work and collaboration, and months in the Raincoast lab, we’re very excited to share some insights from a new study, due for publication soon, that reveals habitat hotspots for grizzly bears across BC…