Protecting wildlife can sustain our future, too
Times Colonist
Raincoast says despite the knowledge that many species depend on salmon, humans have never managed fisheries with wildlife in mind…
Hungry grizzlies enticed into giving away secrets
Members of Heiltsuk First Nation have set up bear hair snare stations to learn more about coastal grizzlies and, helped by data-sharing with Raincoast, a scientific analysis of the bears’ diet and movements is being compiled…
Including wildlife in fisheries management just makes sense
The Northern View
Published: November 30, 2010
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee
As this year’s returning wild salmon headed upstream, scientists spawned a game-changing idea about how taking less salmon might bring more benefits to ecosystems and economies…
Salmon for Terrestrial Protected Areas
When watersheds are protected for coastal wildlife such as grizzly bears, spirit bears and wolves, shouldn’t the salmon runs they depend on for food and energy receive protection protected as well?
Hair Extravaganza
We approach the site in silence, hoping to find evidence of an ursid visitor. Crouching close to the ground, we examine each barb along the 25 m of fencing we set up. Having set up 71 of these barbed wire hair snagging stations across 5000 square kilometers, our work now consists of returning to each…
Salmon for wildlife
Elected officials need to hear public support for allocating salmon to bears. The federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans makes decisions every day that effect the allocation of salmon to various interests. Until very recently, wildlife were never mentioned in the decision-making process. Now, a policy exists that states the ecosystem, specifically bears and other…
Grizzly Details: Salmon Collapse Could Be Bad News for Bears
Scientific AmericanBy Anne Casselman Scientists are collecting hairs from live bears to prevent population declines as a result of declines in a principal food source: salmon. For most of May, Chris Darimont, an environmental scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, poured liters of fermented cattle blood mixed with pureed rotten fish guts on…