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  • Photo by @iantmcallister | Black bears are an iconic species of B.C.’s coastal forests. Aside from their key role in coastal ecosystems, they are also a valued and much sought-after part of many visitor’s eco-tourism experiences in the wilderness of B.C. These animals require secure, warm winter den sites to give birth and survive harsh Canadian winters.⁣ However, this critical wildlife habitat element is under threat. In recent decades, logging of old-growth forests on Vancouver Island has greatly reduced the supply of trees that bears can use for denning.⁣ ⁣ Help us #SaveBCBearDens by signing the official petition to B.C.'s government. We're less than 100 signatures away from our goal of 3,500. Add your voice today via the link in our bio.
  • Join us on a journey to unite past, current and future wolf defenders with the common goal of advocating for the conservation of B.C.’s wolf population. Register for The Call via the link in our bio today. Together, we can help #SaveBCWolves!
  • Photo by @iantmcallister | A curious grizzly cub peaks out from behind the safety of its mother’s protection. Throughout their early years, cubs are totally dependent on their mothers to provide food and shelter them from predators. . . #nopebblemine #grizzlybear #mothergrizzly #nature #wildlifephotography
  • From microscopic zooplankton to southern resident killer whales, ocean plastics are disrupting entire marine food webs on our coasts.⁣ ⁣ In June, the federal government announced that they would be unrolling a single-use plastics ban by 2023, targeting items from plastic straws and drink stirrers to disposable plates and cutlery. After a brief moment of use, these products get tossed to pile up in a landfill to remain forever, be incinerated (producing fumes that are highly toxic), or float downstream into the ocean. But it’s not just single-use plastics that are contributing to the plastic pollution disaster. Many of the plastics that we sort into our blue bins can’t actually be recycled. Packaging has gotten more complicated, combining different types of plastics with paper and stickers. Low-grade plastics are cheaper to manufacture than recycle. And countries that used to import plastics for recycling, like China, the Philippines and Malaysia, are closing their doors to foreign waste. Ultimately, only 10% of Canada’s plastic gets recycled.⁣ ⁣ What can you do? Check out @surfridervan’s Straws Suck campaign and pledge to ban plastic straws in your daily life (link in our bio).⁣ ⁣ Photo by @iantmcallister⁣ ⁣ #oceanoptimism #marineplastics #oceanconservation#southernresidentkillerwhale #plasticpollution
  • Last week, members of our team ventured to the remote waters of Bristol Bay, Alaska — one of the world’s last remaining strongholds for wild bears and salmon. This spectacular ecosystem houses vital wetlands which contain salmon streams and crucial migration routes for bears. At one time, habitat like this stretched from this western part of Alaska all the way to California, supporting wild bears and all other species that fell under them within food chains. In recent decades, industrial human-activity has severely altered landscapes all along the Pacific coast, negatively impacting bear and salmon populations.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ We cannot let this happen in Bristol Bay as well.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Today, this incredible, functioning ecosystem is under threat from Pebble Mine — the largest proposed gold and copper mine in the world. Bristol Bay bears and salmon deserve protection from increased human encroachment and habitat destruction that will be caused from this project. Want to help? Follow our friends at @sealegacy to support their #nopebblemine campaign. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Photo by @iantmcallister⁣ ⁣⁣ #keepitwild #salmon #bears #conservation #wildlifephotography
  • Built for speed, these streamlined northern right whale dolphins can be found gliding through the open ocean off the coast of British Columbia in search of prey. While travelling, they can reach speeds of up to 40 km an hour, regularly blasting out of the water in small leaps. Up until the closure of the drift-net fishery in the 1990s, thousands of northern right whale dolphins would regularly be caught and killed in fishing gear each year. Without the negative impacts of this harmful human-activity, the species’ population is strong today and is listed as least concern in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ⁣ ⁣ Closer to the shoreline, we must continue pushing for stronger marine protection to reduce the impacts of harmful human-activity. In doing so, we can help killer whales, humpacks, sea lions, dolphins, porpoises, sea otters, and all the other breathtaking species that use the B.C. coast. Learn more at oceans.pacificwild.org (link in our bio). ⁣ Photo by @iantmcallister ⁣ #marineconservation #dolphin #underwaterphotography #wildlife #seacreature
  • It’s #sharkweek! Today, we're highlighting one of the world's most widely distributed species of shark—the blue shark. Nicknamed "puppies of the sea" because of their gentle, inquisitive nature, these sharks can be found off the coast of every continent except Antarctica. As marine top predators, blue sharks play a critical role in the health of our oceans, acting as regulators to keep ecosystems in balance.⁣ ⁣ While there are currently no targeted commercial or sport fisheries for blue sharks here in the Canadian Pacific, they do often fall victim to bycatch in longline and driftnet fisheries of the high-seas – those areas of the ocean that fall outside the national jurisdiction of any single country. Aside from this, blue sharks are also commonly caught in the cruel and wasteful practice of finning, driven by demand for shark-fin soup. ⁣ ⁣ Earlier this year, Canada became the first country in the world to ban the import and export of shark fins – a positive step forward for shark conservation. Still, unless high-seas fisheries come under stricter monitoring and control, large pelagic shark species, such as blues, will continue to face the threats associated with expanded industrialized fishing. ⁣ Photo by @iantmcallister ⁣ #blueshark #finfree #sharkconservation #underwaterphotography #marineconservation #wildlife
  • In the coastal waters of British Columbia, forests can be found beneath the waves. Immersing oneself in these mysterious, unique ecosystems brings excitement and anticipation as you never know what you might find sheltering itself from the open water. ⁣ ⁣ Working as a physical barrier to reduce wave action, these habitats can provide safer refuge for a variety of species. Herring use the kelp beds as a place to lay their eggs, while crustaceans, starfish and juvenile salmon also live amongst the sprawling seaweed. It’s not uncommon to spot predators, like these harbour seals, gliding effortlessly through the kelp in search of their next meal. ⁣ ⁣ Today, destructive industrial fishing practices, coastal pollution, and rising sea temperatures are causing kelp forests to decrease in some locations. Strictly managed #MarineProtectedAreas are one known way we can help protect them for the health of our oceans. Learn more about marine protection in Canada via the link in our bio.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Photo by @iantmcallister⁣ ⁣ #seal #kelpforest #harbourseal #marineconservation #seacreatures #underwaterphotography #canadianwildlife
  • Did you know, less than one-third of the planet's primary forests are considered intact?⁣ ⁣ In B.C., unsustainable logging practices are not a new phenomenon. Much of what remains of our province's unprotected inland rainforest is under threat from clear-cutting. In fact, this rare, temperate rainforest is being cut down as fast as the Amazon even though it stores above average amounts of carbon and can potentially slow down the negative effects of climate change.⁣ ⁣ On Vancouver Island, more than 80% of productive old-growth forests have been logged and the Great Bear Rainforest is not far behind in unsustainable deforestation.⁣ ⁣ Photos by @iantmcallister ⁣ ⁣ Learn more about this issue in @thenarwhalca’s “Canada’s forgotten rainforest” (thenarwhal.ca/canadas-forgotten-rainforest)
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