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New Book! A Bear's Life: Author Feature
Author Feature: Nicholas Read Black bears, grizzly bears, and spirit bears all make their home in the Great Bear Rainforest. A Bear’s Life uses Ian McAllister’s stunning photographs to follow these beautiful animals through a year in the British ... Read More
Canadians are invited to share their views on program and policy options for a revised Fisheries Act.
Canadians are invited to share their views on program and policy options for a revised Fisheries Act. Have your say until August 28, 2017. Click here to share your views and let the government know why Fish Habitat and Ocean Protection is important ... Read More
Government of British Columbia to end grizzly bear trophy hunting — after the 2017 fall hunt
(Monday, August 14, 2017) - With less than 24 hours before the fall bear hunt opens in parts of British Columbia, the NDP government has announced a ban on the grizzly bear trophy hunt province-wide and to stop all hunting of grizzlies in the Great ... Read More
Meet Rare Sea Wolves Who Live Off The Ocean And Can Swim For Hours
A website called boredpanda recently featured Ian McAllister's photographs of sea wolves residing along the Pacific coast of B.C. “We know from exhaustive DNA studies that these wolves are genetically distinct from their continental kin,” says ... Read More
WILDLIFE GROUPS DENOUNCE BC GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR HUNTER-FUNDED WILDLIFE AGENCY
(Tuesday June 27, 2017) Twenty-three organizations and businesses involved in protecting wildlife have issued scathing criticism of a BC government plan to turn management of the province’s wildlife over to a separate agency. In an open letter to ... Read More
Open Letter to All BC MLAs Concerning a Plan to Turn the Management of Our Wildlife Over to a Non-Government Agency
(June 27, 2017) On March 22, 2017, the BC government announced a decision to transfer wildlife managementfrom the provincial government to a separate agency funded by sales of hunting licences and potentiallydonations from private interest groups. ... Read More
Proposal for an alternative approach to wildlife management in BC
(June 22, 2017) The BC Liberal government announced in April 2017, just prior to the provincial election, that they planned to establishan independent agency to manage wildlife within the province. This announcement, based on consultation only ... Read More
Today on National Indigenous People's Day, how are you confronting Indigenous stereotypes and advocating for a sustainable and common future?
1. Donate: Donate to protect wildlife and their habitat in the Great Bear Rainforest. Support Pacific Wild’s commitment in defending wildlife and their habitat by developing and implementing conservation solutions in collaboration with First Nations ... Read More
June is Orca Awareness Month
June 2017 is Orca Awareness Month - let's get to know them better! Do you know the difference between resident and transient orcas? Don’t feel bad if you don’t as researchers only discovered this distinction in the late 1980s. Their diet, morphology ... Read More
Pacific Wild on World Oceans Day 2017 presents the Great Bear Sea MPA Network
Today is World Oceans Day! This global day of ocean celebration helps us to remember how important the oceans are for our own survival. The theme this year is “ Our Oceans, Our Future ”. Without the ocean, there is no life on this planet. In British ... Read More