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Category: Open Letters

Herring

Joint Letter: 11 Organizations Call for a Herring Fishery Moratorium

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The seine fleet on the water in the Strait of Georgia in 2019. Photo: Ian McAllister
Herring

Pacific Wild’s Feedback on the 2023/2024 Draft Integrated Fisheries Management Plan for Pacific Herring

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Marine Protection

Canada must Sign High Seas Treaty

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Bears

Open Letter: 11 Points on Grizzly Bear Stewardship

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Open Letter: Grizzly Bear Stewardship Framework Survey

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Marine Protection

Joint Letter: Support for Coastal Marine Strategy

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Black wolf
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B.C. Government Releases Disturbing Wolf Cull Images

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Marine Protected Areas

Joint Feedback from Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations on the British Columbia Coastal Marine Strategy Policy Intentions Paper

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Herring

IFMP Response: Recommendations for 2022/2023 Pacific herring IFMP

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Forests

Open Letter: Maximum Yield Strategies in Nahmint & the Nibble Theory of Old Growth Management Areas

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Open Letter: Troubled Triggers: Correcting the Aim on B.C.’s Wolf Cull

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Joint Letter: Outlaw Wildlife Killing Contests

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Joint Letter: Confront the Climate Emergency

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An Open Reply: Recall of Assault-Style Weapons in the Public Service

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The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is demanding that the Province puts a full-stop end to wolf culls and unethical hunting

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🌎 We’re starting the week with a fresh round of good news for nature. These stories remind us that conservation wins are happening in real time, and that people, communities, and creative solutions are making a real difference. From wildlife recovery to stronger protections, every win matters!

🦉 In B.C., the Upper Nicola Band is marking ten years of burrowing owl conservation, celebrating steady progress for one of Canada’s most endangered birds.
🐻 A relocated grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has given birth to two cubs, marking an exciting conservation milestone for population recovery.
🐘 In Tanzania, a beehive fence project is helping protect farms from elephants in a way that supports both people and wildlife.
🐋 B.C. Ferries is adjusting sailings on its Northern Expedition route to help reduce the risk of humpback whale strikes.
🛣️ Colorado’s Greenland Wildlife Overpass is reconnecting habitat across a major highway, helping animals move safely through a once-divided landscape.
🐟 On Washington’s Yakima River, the removal of a long-standing causeway is reopening habitat and giving salmon and steelhead a better chance to recover.
♻️ Several U.S. states are expanding plastic pollution prevention laws, building momentum for a lower-waste future.

Across land and water, these wins are giving wildlife more room to recover and communities more ways to protect the places they love. From grizzlies and owls to bees, whales, salmon, and elephants, this is the kind of news that reminds us progress is possible.

#PositiveNews #Conservation #WildlifeProtection #NatureRecovery #Biodiversity #MarineProtection #HabitatRestoration #EnvironmentalNews

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🌎 We’re starting the week with a fresh round of good news for nature. These stories remind us that conservation wins are happening in real time, and that people, communities, and creative solutions are making a real difference. From wildlife recovery to stronger protections, every win matters!

🦉 In B.C., the Upper Nicola Band is marking ten years of burrowing owl conservation, celebrating steady progress for one of Canada’s most endangered birds.
🐻 A relocated grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has given birth to two cubs, marking an exciting conservation milestone for population recovery.
🐘 In Tanzania, a beehive fence project is helping protect farms from elephants in a way that supports both people and wildlife.
🐋 B.C. Ferries is adjusting sailings on its Northern Expedition route to help reduce the risk of humpback whale strikes.
🛣️ Colorado’s Greenland Wildlife Overpass is reconnecting habitat across a major highway, helping animals move safely through a once-divided landscape.
🐟 On Washington’s Yakima River, the removal of a long-standing causeway is reopening habitat and giving salmon and steelhead a better chance to recover.
♻️ Several U.S. states are expanding plastic pollution prevention laws, building momentum for a lower-waste future.

Across land and water, these wins are giving wildlife more room to recover and communities more ways to protect the places they love. From grizzlies and owls to bees, whales, salmon, and elephants, this is the kind of news that reminds us progress is possible.

#PositiveNews #Conservation #WildlifeProtection #NatureRecovery #Biodiversity #MarineProtection #HabitatRestoration #EnvironmentalNews
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📖 Learn about bears, photography and conservation while supporting Pacific Wild. 💚
BEJournal’s collectors’ edition magazine brings together two vital themes—celebrating women storytellers and raising urgent awareness for the protection of British Columbia’s wild coast.
🎉For the next 2 months, 20% of proceeds directly support Pacific Wild’s conservation efforts.
Become a BEJournal member today! Link in bio 👉🔗

Inside this issue, you’ll find:
Pacific Wild: Guardians of the Great Bear with Natasha Wehn — Frontline conservation in B.C.’s coastal wilds.
Michelle Valberg @michellevalbergphotography : Great Bear Rainforest — An intimate look at her photographic process, capturing wildlife with precision and patience.
Way of the Whale by Xiye Bastida @xiyebeara — A migration story tracing ancient ocean pathways and our connection to them.
Cheetah Chronicles by Jennifer Leigh Warner @experiencewildlife — A portrait of one of Africa’s most vulnerable predators.
My Octopus Teacher & Pangolin by Pippa Ehrlich @the_rewilding — Insights from the Oscar-winning director on storytelling that bridges human and wild worlds.
Watercolor from the Great Bear Rainforest by David McCown — A painter’s interpretation of a place, where bears emerge through layers of mist and memory.

As earthendeavours editor’s note says, “Stories are central to conservation. They turn data into feeling, distance into belonging, and wild places into something we can protect more fully.”

📹 by @iantmcallister

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📖 Learn about bears, photography and conservation while supporting Pacific Wild. 💚
BEJournal’s collectors’ edition magazine brings together two vital themes—celebrating women storytellers and raising urgent awareness for the protection of British Columbia’s wild coast. 
🎉For the next 2 months, 20% of proceeds directly support Pacific Wild’s conservation efforts.
Become a BEJournal member today! Link in bio 👉🔗

Inside this issue, you’ll find:
Pacific Wild: Guardians of the Great Bear with Natasha Wehn — Frontline conservation in B.C.’s coastal wilds.
Michelle Valberg @michellevalbergphotography : Great Bear Rainforest — An intimate look at her photographic process, capturing wildlife with precision and patience.
Way of the Whale by Xiye Bastida @xiyebeara — A migration story tracing ancient ocean pathways and our connection to them.
Cheetah Chronicles by Jennifer Leigh Warner @experiencewildlife — A portrait of one of Africa’s most vulnerable predators.
My Octopus Teacher & Pangolin by Pippa Ehrlich @the_rewilding — Insights from the Oscar-winning director on storytelling that bridges human and wild worlds.
Watercolor from the Great Bear Rainforest by David McCown — A painter’s interpretation of a place, where bears emerge through layers of mist and memory.

As earthendeavours editor’s note says, “Stories are central to conservation. They turn data into feeling, distance into belonging, and wild places into something we can protect more fully.”

📹  by @iantmcallister
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The Tsitika Valley watershed in Northeast Vancouver Island contains some of the only remaining intact ancient forest left in the region, including critical habitat for threatened species, rare habitats, and significant carbon stores.

Cutblock TA1375 in the Tsitika watershed was identified for old-growth deferral—yet BC Timber Sales (BCTS) auctioned it off for logging despite opposition from scientists, community members, and multiple First Nations whose territories overlap with the watershed. New evidence shows this forest supports threatened species, stores significant carbon, and sits beside protected areas already at risk.

Meanwhile, forestry experts argue that the economic return from logging the cutblock, which is dominated by balsam and hemlock on steep terrain, would be negligible.

BCTS continues to log forests across the province that were prioritized for old-growth deferrals, without providing justification for its actions to the public. It’s time to demand transparency and accountability.

📣 Join us in calling for immediate action to protect Tsitika old-growth—for wildlife, climate, and future generations. Write to the Minister of Forests, Minister of Environment, and your MLA.

The Province still has the power to stop this sale, but the window is closing. Click the links in our bio to read the full press release and learn more about how to take action.

#Tsitika #ProtectBCForests #OldGrowthForest #AncientForests #BiodiversityConservation

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The Tsitika Valley watershed in Northeast Vancouver Island contains some of the only remaining intact ancient forest left in the region, including critical habitat for threatened species, rare habitats, and significant carbon stores. 

 Cutblock TA1375 in the Tsitika watershed was identified for old-growth deferral—yet BC Timber Sales (BCTS) auctioned it off for logging despite opposition from scientists, community members, and multiple First Nations whose territories overlap with the watershed. New evidence shows this forest supports threatened species, stores significant carbon, and sits beside protected areas already at risk. 

Meanwhile, forestry experts argue that the economic return from logging the cutblock, which is dominated by balsam and hemlock on steep terrain, would be negligible.

BCTS continues to log forests across the province that were prioritized for old-growth deferrals, without providing justification for its actions to the public. It’s time to demand transparency and accountability.

📣 Join us in calling for immediate action to protect Tsitika old-growth—for wildlife, climate, and future generations. Write to the Minister of Forests, Minister of Environment, and your MLA. 

The Province still has the power to stop this sale, but the window is closing. Click the links in our bio to read the full press release and learn more about how to take action.

#Tsitika #ProtectBCForests #OldGrowthForest #AncientForests #BiodiversityConservation
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🎉 World Book Day Special! 📚 Get 50% off Pacific Wild’s book, Great Bear Wild until April 29th.
Only available to ship in Canada. 🇨🇦 Get your rainforest reading now while supplies last!

👉 Link in bio 🔗

♥️ 📖 World book day marks the deaths of famous authors Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare and reminds us that stories have the power to shape how we see the world, and the natural world is no exception.

✒️Just as great authors preserve human experiences through words, we strive to protect the living stories of species, ecosystems and wild places. Every habitat holds a narrative worth saving, and every species is a chapter we can not afford to lose. By fostering curiosity and a love of learning, we hope to inspire the next generation to protect the biodiversity that sustains us all.

#WorldBookDay #Bookstagram #Booksta #BookLover

"Great Bear Wild" is authored by @iantmcallister

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🎉 World Book Day Special! 📚 Get 50% off Pacific Wild’s book, Great Bear Wild until April 29th.
Only available to ship in Canada. 🇨🇦 Get your rainforest reading now while supplies last!

👉 Link in bio 🔗

♥️ 📖 World book day  marks the deaths of famous authors Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare and reminds us that stories have the power to shape how we see the world, and the natural world is no exception. 

✒️Just as great authors preserve human experiences through words, we strive to protect the living stories of species, ecosystems and wild places. Every habitat holds a narrative worth saving, and every species is a chapter we can not afford to lose. By fostering curiosity and a love of learning, we hope to inspire the next generation to protect the biodiversity that sustains us all.

#WorldBookDay #Bookstagram #Booksta #BookLover

"Great Bear Wild" is authored by @iantmcallister
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Take a deep breath.

The ocean breathes with you, its pulse carrying life across the planet.

From the Galápagos to the Gulf of Alaska, the ocean connects us all. As seasons change, migratory species move from the Galápagos to Baja California, to British Columbia and Alaska, forming an artery that circulates life from one part of the world to another.

That life extends beyond the ocean, through salmon fighting upstream (sometimes into a bear’s waiting jaws), seabirds diving for their next meal to fuel their northward migration and nesting season, or people harvesting herring roe off kelp to feed their communities.

This Earth Day, @PacificWild and @SeaLegacy are coming together to celebrate this blue planet we call home, and our place within it. Each of us holds power in the choices we make. When we act together, those choices gain strength and ripple outward.

Happy Earth Day!

🎥 filming courtesy of @sealegacy and @iantmcallister

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Take a deep breath.

The ocean breathes with you, its pulse carrying life across the planet.

From the Galápagos to the Gulf of Alaska, the ocean connects us all. As seasons change, migratory species move from the Galápagos to Baja California, to British Columbia and Alaska, forming an artery that circulates life from one part of the world to another. 

That life extends beyond the ocean, through salmon fighting upstream (sometimes into a bear’s waiting jaws), seabirds diving for their next meal to fuel their northward migration and nesting season, or people harvesting herring roe off kelp to feed their communities.

This Earth Day, @PacificWild and @SeaLegacy are coming together to celebrate this blue planet we call home, and our place within it. Each of us holds power in the choices we make. When we act together, those choices gain strength and ripple outward.

Happy Earth Day!

🎥 filming courtesy of @sealegacy and @iantmcallister
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For nearly two decades, scientists have tracked species at risk in British Columbia. A new study makes one thing clear: listing species is not enough to save them.

B.C. is the most biodiverse province in Canada, yet lacks strong, enforceable wildlife conservation legislation. Most species listed as at-risk in the province show no measurable recovery over time, and many continue to decline after being listed. The pattern is consistent: without strong, enforceable habitat protection, recovery does not happen.

This legislative shortfall has negative consequences for wide-ranging species like wolves, grizzly bears, monarch butterflies, and migratory birds, as well as habitat specialists dependent on ecosystems like ancient forests—including amphibians, small mammals, birds, and insects. When habitat is degraded or lost, wildlife declines follow.

As pressures from logging, development, and climate change intensify, the window to turn things around is closing. We have the science to know what works. The policy response is not keeping pace. B.C. needs a comprehensive Endangered Species Act with legally binding habitat safeguards, like the Biodiversity & Ecosystem Health law proposed by our knowledgeable friends at @wcelaw.

✍️ How to take action:
➡️ Contact Premier David Eby, Minister of Environment and Parks Tamara Davidson, Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Randene Neill, Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar, and your local MLA urging them to support the adoption of wildlife conservation legislation
➡️ Share this post with your community to spread awareness and support for stronger provincial wildlife protections
➡️ Comment on this post and tell us why you support legal protections for the incredible wildlife in B.C.!

#ProtectBiodiversity #SaveBCWildlife #ThreatenedSpecies #WildlifeConservation #SpeciesAtRisk

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For nearly two decades, scientists have tracked species at risk in British Columbia. A new study makes one thing clear: listing species is not enough to save them.

B.C. is the most biodiverse province in Canada, yet lacks strong, enforceable wildlife conservation legislation.  Most species listed as at-risk in the province  show no measurable recovery over time, and many continue to decline after being listed. The pattern is consistent: without strong, enforceable habitat protection, recovery does not happen.

This legislative shortfall has negative consequences for  wide-ranging species like wolves, grizzly bears, monarch butterflies, and migratory birds, as well as habitat specialists dependent on ecosystems like ancient forests—including amphibians, small mammals, birds, and insects. When habitat is degraded or lost, wildlife declines follow.

As pressures from logging, development, and climate change intensify, the window to turn things around is closing. We have the science to know what works. The policy response is not keeping pace. B.C. needs a comprehensive Endangered Species Act with legally binding habitat safeguards, like the Biodiversity & Ecosystem Health law proposed by our knowledgeable friends at @wcelaw. 

✍️ How to take action: 
➡️ Contact Premier David Eby, Minister of Environment and Parks Tamara Davidson, Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Randene Neill, Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar, and your local MLA urging them to support the adoption of wildlife conservation legislation
➡️ Share this post with your community to spread awareness and support for stronger provincial wildlife protections
➡️ Comment on this post and tell us why you support legal protections for the incredible wildlife in B.C.!

 #ProtectBiodiversity #SaveBCWildlife #ThreatenedSpecies #WildlifeConservation #SpeciesAtRisk
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