Fatal animal attacks are rare, but with a recent spike in cougar maulings, a plan is needed as urban sprawl threatens the habitat of predators By Tiffany Crawford CanWest News Service July 14, 2009 OTTAWA – Fatal attacks on humans by animals with big, sharp teeth are rare in Canada despite a recent spike in…
Island Tides Chris Genovali July 16-29, 2009 A recent cougar attack in Squamish has brought to the fore BC’s failure to manage these top-level predators. Reports that BC has 4-6,000 cougars have no scientific basis.
by Caroline Fox Raincoast Biologist and UVic PhD Student Hazard Point April 2009 Leaning over the side of my skiff at dusk, I peer into the clear, blue waters off Hazard Point, Quatsino Sound. Just below the calm surface, hundreds of tonnes of tightly-packed Pacific herring school.
Cougars are B.C.’s neglected carnivores Monday Magazine By Chris Genovali July 02, 2009 The recent cougar attack in Squamish has brought to the fore the significant gaps in the management of these top-level predators.
Vancouver Sun, June 24, 2009 Re: ‘I just knew I had to get between them’; mother says her instincts took over when she saved her daughter from attacking cougar, Westcoast News, June 18
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun June 12, 2009 Gary Shelton has shot his share of grizzlies over the years, but the bear he’s likely to be remembered for is the one he didn’t even kill.
VUE WEEKLY June 11, 2009, Chris Genovali / raincoast.org There is an amazing array of things one can purchase on eBay, from used lawn furniture to vintage dolls to bongs allegedly used by Olympic athletes. Among the myriad items being sold on eBay are guided hunts of North America’s grizzly bears, black bears, wolves
Guest column by Chris Genovali The Province, May 27, 2009 According to some expert claims, the B.C. Liberals’ re-election can be, in part, attributed to support for their climate-change policy, specifically the carbon tax.
Leading scientists and researchers reviewed sediment core studies conducted in sockeye salmon nursery lakes in BC and Alaska.
Department of Biology, McGill University Introduction to Paleolimnological techniques: What can lake sediments can tell us about past salmon abundance?
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington Translating variation in sediment 15N into pre-historical salmon population dynamics.
Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University The fate of salmon-derived nutrients: Insights from lake studies in Alaska.