By Joe Scott, International Programs Director On a hot day last July, I sat on the Van Loon’s back deck overlooking meadows, cropland, forests and upper Lillooet River all backdropped by the steep rise of the BC Coast Ranges. The Van Loons are a fourth-generation farming family – Andrea, Marty and their daughter Erica were … Continued
The Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative is a collaborative effort to stem the ongoing loss of grizzly bear range and promote grizzly bear recovery in the transboundary ecosystems of southwest British Columbia and Washington state. By Joe Scott, International Programs Director Southern British Columbia’s Coast to Cascades region has unparalleled geographic, cultural and biological … Continued
The C2C team has made important progress toward grizzly bear recovery in southwest British Columbia by promoting coexistence with local communities. By Joe Scott, International Programs Director The Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative (C2C) is a collaborative effort to stem the ongoing loss of grizzly bear range and promote grizzly recovery in the transboundary … Continued
The story behind a grizzly bear named GP. BY mitch friedman, executive director I want to introduce you to GP, a big male grizzly bear that Canadian bear biologists Steve Rochetta and Bruce McLellan trapped last fall and fitted with a GPS collar for research purposes. There’s a story behind GP’s name, and it’s very … Continued
By Joe Scott, International Programs Director Our Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative recently joined staff from the Boothroyd Band (Nlaka’pamux First Nation) and St’at’imc First Nation Government Services for a tour of the Nahatlatch River. The three teams are working together to recover the Critically Endangered Stein/Nahatlatch Grizzly Bear population in southern British Columbia. They spent … Continued
An update on the Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative, a collaborative effort led by Conservation Northwest to stem the ongoing loss of grizzly bear range and promote grizzly bear recovery in southwest British Columbia and northwest Washington BY Joe Scott, International Programs Director The Canada/U.S. border should not be an ecological iron curtain. Conservation … Continued