Take Action!
Grizzly bears are a species at risk. Advocate for crucial change and join our call for:
- A Grizzly Bear Protection Act – a bill to outright BAN the grizzly bear hunt, not just a regulation.
- Connected corridors of strongly protected habitat – particularly old growth forests
- Food Security – safeguarding wild salmon helps grizzly bears survive
If you’re in another country, consider writing to the B.C. Minister of Tourism about protecting B.C.’s international reputation as a province that cares about wildlife and habitat.
ways take action
📱 Call your MLA, MP and relevant Ministers.
📩 Send a personalized letter to the government
Keep it short and sweet – no more than 3 points.
Consider who you should copy on the letter. Make sure to add your local MLA and other relevant people, such as the press and community leaders, to the cc: list to create better transparency and accountability.
🤝 Meet with your MLA & MP, gather a group and schedule a meeting-let them know that you and other constituents want protections for grizzlies.
🙋Ask your local MLA if they will support a Grizzly Bear Protection Act and bring it forward as a private members bill?
📝Write to the editor in your local newspaper.
📣 Engage in public consultations on updates to the Wildlife Act (sign up to our newsletter and follow us for updates)
☑️Remember to vote and stay informed in election time!
🍿Host a screening of Return of the Great Bear with the VIMFF World Tour! https://vimff.org/host-a-tour/
🔎Go local: dive into the data of what is happening to grizzly bears in your region and engage with your local government, friends and neighbours to raise awareness.
🏔️Get involved in habitat protection (such as the proposal to protect over 11 thousand hectares of a grizzly bear cross-valley corridor between the Goat and Kokanee ranges in the Kootenay region as a Wildlife Habitat Area).
📚 Support independent and citizen science
🔥 Stand with Indigenous-led and co-managed conservation efforts (like the Great Bear Sea). Read more about developing Indigenous Protected and Conserved areas from the IISAAK OLAM foundation.
📸Support sustainable tourism. Check out the various bear viewing and ecotourism opportunities in the province.
🎨 Get creative and make a splash! Organize an art show about grizzlies—paint, sculpt, or create soundscapes. Apply for grants to take it on the road & include the truth about wildlife conservation!
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Government contact information:
Provincial
Premier of British Columbia
Honourable David Eby
PO Box 9041 Stn Prov. Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9E1
Phone: 250-387-1715
premier@gov.bc.ca
Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
Honourable Randene Neill
PO Box 9012 Stn Prov. Govt.
Victoria, BC V8M 9L6
Phone: 778-405-3094
WLRS.Minister@gov.bc.ca
Deputy Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
Lori Halls
PO Box 9352 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9M1
Phone: 250-952-6500
Fax: 250-387-3291
lori.d.halls@gov.bc.ca
Minister of Tourism
Honourable Spencer Chandra Herbert
PO Box 9082 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9E2
Phone: 250-953-0905
TACS.minister@gov.bc.ca
Deputy Minister of Tourism
Silas Brownsey
PO Box 9812 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9W1
Phone: 778-698-0450
Fax: 250 356-1195
TACSDMO@Victoria1.gov.bc.ca
Minister of Environment and Parks
Honourable Tamara Davidson
PO Box 9047 Stn Prov Gov
Victoria, BC V8W 9E2
Phone: 250-387-1187
Fax: 250-387-1356
ENV.Minister@gov.bc.ca
Deputy Minister of Environment and Parks
Kevin Jardine
PO Box 9339 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9M1
Phone: 236-478-0896
Fax: 250-387-6003
DM.ENV@gov.bc.ca
Minister of Forests
Honourable Ravi Parmar
PO Box 9049 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9E2
Phone: 250-387-6240
FOR.Minister@gov.bc.ca
Ian Meier
Associate Deputy Minister, Ministry of Forests
Deputy Minister of Forests
PO Box 9352 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9M1
Phone: 250-312-7278
Ian.Meier@gov.bc.ca
FEDERAL
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Terry Duguid
House of Commons *
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada
K1A 0A6
Telephone: 613-995-7517
Fax: 613-943-1466
terry.duguid@parl.gc.ca
