Coastal Revival: A five part mini-series
A new five-part documentary series, Coastal Revival, tells how First Nations, conservationists, researchers and ecotourism are combining to protect some of the BC’s most emblematic wildlife.
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B.C. grizzly bear hunt to include Great Bear Rainforest
B.C.’s spring grizzly bear hunt has opened for another year, with the government authorizing a limited number of bears to be killed in parts of the province – including the Great Bear Rainforest.
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Bear hunt has not ended in the Great Bear Rainforest
For those of you celebrating the announcement declaring “the end of commercial trophy hunting” in the Great Bear Rainforest, you can put away the champagne.
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Bears left out of the Great Bear Rainforest agreement
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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Province quietly extends public consultation period on Peace Region grizzly and wolf hunt proposals
Press Release: BC government has extended its public feedback period to January 31, for proposals to increase trophy killing of wolves and grizzly bears.
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Province extends public consultation on Peace Region grizzly and wolf hunt proposals
Public consultation on expanded grizzly and wolf hunts in the Peace Region has been extended until January 31, 2016.
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Raincoast speaks with CBC about province’s wildlife killing in the Peace
Raincoast’s Chris Darimont speaks with CBC about the Clark proposal to triple the number of grizzlies killed in the Peace and launch unlimited hunting of wolves…
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Wolf hunting in Peace Region could have no limits, province proposes
Radio West/CBC News
B.C.’s Ministry of Forestry, Lands and Natural Resource Operations wants to remove limits how many wolves hunters can kill in the Peace Region and when… -
Join us in the land of the Spirit bear
Join Raincoast for carnivore conservation events in Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle…
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Comment: Grizzly ‘hunter’ returns with rich array of trophies
Rebecca Boyd / Times Colonist
I spent 11 days on a fall grizzly “hunt” in coastal BC with Raincoast, a nonprofit working to protect grizzlies and their habitat… -
Comment: ‘Pack it out’ plan for grizzly hunts doesn’t work
Chris Darimont, Kyle Artelle & Paul Paquet/Times Colonist
Trophy hunting of grizzly bears is opposed by 90 per cent of British Columbians, including scientists, environmentalists, First Nations and most hunters… -
Media release: NHL’s Clayton Stoner in court today on multiple charges for grizzly killing
NHLer Clayton Stoner is appearing in court today to face multiple charges regarding his trophy killing of a well-known grizzly bear…
