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Yesterday, the BC government released its Predator Reduction for Caribou Recovery Engagement Survey results. The majority (59%) were against and (37%) were in support of a five-year continued wolf cull program. The vast majority of respondents also listed habitat protection (regulating land use), habitat restoration, and habitat management as the top three actions for caribou recovery.⁠
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This is a clear directive to the B.C. government that it needs to stop the wolf cull and focus on protecting and restoring old-growth forest habitat to ensure mountain caribou survival.
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Photo by @iantmcallister
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#SaveBCWolves⁠ #StopTheCull #ProtectBCWolves #BCWolfCull #CaribouRecovery #PredatorManagement

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The @nytimes recently reported on rampant wolf slaughter taking place in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming through unrestricted baiting, hunting, and trapping. State lawmakers have reduced protection for the gray wolf species and the federal government no longer lists wolves as threatened to extinction. Montana and Idaho are home to 75% of the gray wolf population in the Northern Rockies but continue to allow bounty payments on dead wolves, which incentivizes the bloodshed. The vilification of wolves seems to be alive and well below the border just as it is here in Canada.⁣
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Killing of apex predators creates serious ecological consequences, disturbing natural food chains. Similarly to the wolf cull in British Columbia, predator management is at the authority of regional managers and there is no public oversight of the killing operation. Here in B.C., the government’s decision to scapegoat wolves represents a failure to protect and restore old-growth forest habitat required by mountain caribou. Instead these habitats are fragmented and destroyed by industrial logging, oil and gas exploration. Wolves are an integral part of coastal and inland ecosystems and remain one of our greatest icons of our quickly disappearing wild lands and waters.

Stand up and help us #SaveBCWolves at pacificwild.org. Photo by @iantmcallister

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Photo by @iantmcallister // Each spring, one of nature’s greatest phenomenons takes place in the #GreatBearRainforest region of British Columbia—the herring spawn. Along the Salish Sea, you’ll spot thousands of surf scoters, a migratory sea duck that times its annual migration to summer nesting grounds to coincide with this event. Herring eggs provide a rich and nutritious food source for these birds during this long journey! ⁣⁠
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Just another reason these #BIGLittleFish deserve stricter, ecosystem-based management approaches from @fisheriesoceanscan.⁣⁠
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#surfscoter #birdmigration #bcwildlife #explorebc #herring ⁣

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🤩DREAM JOB OPPORTUNITY🤩 We’re looking for a Project Director with a collaborative and empowering leadership style to spearhead our marine-and terrestrial-related conservation campaigns!⁣⁠
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In this newly established role, the Project Director will work to ensure seamless team management and development, program delivery, quality assurance and evaluation. Under the Executive Director’s direction, the Project Director will manage a team of talented communications experts, filmmakers, photographers, writers, researchers, scientists and support staff all responsible for developing and delivering campaigns that are visually compelling, strategic, science-based and focused on positive conservation outcomes.⁣⁠
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If this sounds like you or someone you know, visit pacificwild.org/were-hiring (link in bio) for all the details on how to apply. Applications close Feb 16 at midnight! ⁣⁠
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#greenjobs #jobopportunity #conservationjobs #bcjobs #victoriajobs #pacificwild

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Photo by Roland Gockel // 2021 saw 750 salmon return to spawn on the Neekas River north of Bella Bella, where fifty years prior 47,000 salmon had returned. The effects have been felt the hardest for First Nation communities, where jobs and traditional food sources have been lost. The decline in salmon has been linked to climate change, resulting in warming waters and causing droughts. Overfishing, sea lice from fish farms and habitat degradation from developments and industry are some of the other threats that Pacific salmon face.⁠
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This past year, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) closed nearly 60 percent of B.C.’s commercial fisheries. However, reports show that 2.3 million salmon were caught. As a result, the Heiltsuk and other First Nations have been abstaining from fishing. ⁠
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The Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance has outlined four goals to support salmon restoration including community participation in stewardship; improved data collection; catch monitoring, and a better understanding of climate change impacts on salmon. Salmon monitoring has declined by 50 percent since 2006 and there is a lack of baseline stock assessment data.⁠
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Mike Reid from the Heiltsuk nation says “If salmon disappears on the central coast, it will impact everyone. It will impact people’s health, food security, and the entire ecosystem including birds, trees, whales, and bears that all rely on nutrients from salmon.” ⁠
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Read more in @thenarwhalca article, link in bio.

#SalmonCount #Salmon #PacificSalmon #BCSalmon #Fisheries #CommercialFisheries #SaveSalmon

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Photo by @Cher_Alexander // Today marks the first full moon of the year, also known as the “wolf moon”. It rises on the west coast at 4:24 pm PST this evening. January marks the normal breeding time when wolves enter their breeding period and howl frequently to attract mates. ⁠
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To commemorate this occasion, our friends and musical talent, @peachandquietmusic are providing 100% of the sales of their new song, Takaya, to Pacific Wild’s #SaveBCWolves campaign. This song is inspired by the world-famous @takayalonewolf of the Discovery Islands near Victoria, B.C. who was tragically shot and killed by a hunter in 2020. The suggested download price on Bandcamp is $5 (the link to purchase or stream is in our bio.⁠
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“I felt Takaya’s life as a lone wolf teaches us something about our connection to place and to our own inner strength, he teaches us that we can live in harmony in the most unlikely of places” - Heather Read, Peach & Quiet⁠
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Musicians: Heather Read, Jonny Miller, Adam Dobres, Pat Steward, Sarah Smith, Joby Baker (mastering) and Adrian Dolan (mixing).⁠
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Link in bio to download the song and learn about Takaya's legacy. ⬆️⁠
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#PeachandQuiet #Takaya #TakayaLoneWolf #TakayaLegacy #StopTheCull #Wolves #PacificWild

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