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The Kitlope: A place that changes you
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The Kitlope: A place that changes you

June 14, 2022August 29, 2022

Sacred to the Haisla and known as Xesdu’wäxw (Huschduwaschdu), which means “blue, milky, glacial water”, the Kitlope is now the largest protected temperate rainforest on the planet. 

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Province quietly extends public consultation period on Peace Region grizzly and wolf hunt proposals
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Province quietly extends public consultation period on Peace Region grizzly and wolf hunt proposals

January 8, 2016July 14, 2020

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
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Province extends public consultation on Peace Region grizzly and wolf hunt proposals

January 8, 2016July 8, 2020

Public consultation on expanded grizzly and wolf hunts in the Peace Region has been extended until January 31, 2016.

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Opinion: Bullets all feel the same to the bears
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Opinion: Bullets all feel the same to the bears

February 12, 2015March 16, 2016

Brian Falconer & Chris Genovali/Vancouver Sun
The recent controversy surrounding the tug of war between the B.C. Wildlife Federation and the Guide Outfitters Association of B.C. over the allocation of wildlife is a lurid sideshow…

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Overkill: Trophy hunting slams BC’s grizzly bears
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Overkill: Trophy hunting slams BC’s grizzly bears

February 7, 2014May 23, 2021

Anna Taylor / The Ecologist
In BC, trophy hunting may be reducing grizzly bear populations. A new study by Raincoast finds evidence of serious ‘overkill’ – of which trophy hunting is a big contributor…

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Ecogroups hope to oust bear-hunting guides from rainforest
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Ecogroups hope to oust bear-hunting guides from rainforest

January 9, 2014May 23, 2021

Mark Hume, Globe and Mail
Environmental group hopes to raise money needed to buyout hunting licenses in the Great Bear Rainforest…

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Economic study shows coastal bears worth far more alive than dead
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Economic study shows coastal bears worth far more alive than dead

January 7, 2014September 28, 2021

A new economic study released today shows once again that grizzly bear viewing is worth far more to the provincial economy than the trophy hunting of these iconic animals on the coast of BC…

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Biologists warn against proposal to expand grizzly bear hunt
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Biologists warn against proposal to expand grizzly bear hunt

December 6, 2013May 23, 2021

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…

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Grizzly bear hunt not founded in science say Raincoast scientists
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Grizzly bear hunt not founded in science say Raincoast scientists

November 30, 2013May 23, 2021

“Confronting Uncertainty in Grizzly Bear Management” is a paper published by Raincoast scientists and our partners that challenges the BC government’s claim of sound scientific management over its grizzly hunt.

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Hunting of grizzlies, especially females, exceeds B.C. government targets: new study
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Hunting of grizzlies, especially females, exceeds B.C. government targets: new study

November 6, 2013May 23, 2021

By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun
The number of grizzly bears killed in B.C. exceeded government targets in half the areas where the province permitted hunting of the species, a new study released Wednesday concludes…

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Management by BC government gambles future of grizzly bears
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Management by BC government gambles future of grizzly bears

November 6, 2013May 23, 2021

Scientists from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, SFU, and UVIC have authored the first peer-reviewed study of BC’s controversial grizzly bear management…

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Raincoast’s Brian Falconer speaks about ending the BC grizzly hunt
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Raincoast’s Brian Falconer speaks about ending the BC grizzly hunt

October 8, 2013May 23, 2021

CFAX discusses the BC government-sanctioned trophy hunting of grizzly bears with Raincoast’s Brian Falconer. Listen to the podcast…

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