Lush Cosmetics are launching a new campaign in November against the trophy hunting of grizzly bears in British Columbia. The centrepiece will be a documentary talking about trophy hunting and the impact that it has on bears and bear-lovers in the province. I am one...
Every guest we have that comes to view grizzly bears contributes to our conservation fund. In 2016 we have taken about a quarter of that fund and used it to start a project with the Brown Bear Research Network to try and find out more about...
The Grizzly Bear Foundation has launched a board of inquiry to review the status and future of grizzly bears in British Columbia. The three person board, whose members include Chairman Michael Audain of Vancouver, Stuart McLaughlin of West Vancouver and Suzanne Veit of Victoria, will...
A new study out concludes that grizzly numbers have dropped dramatically in SE British Columbia. I have been talking to the scientists on this one and it is even more significant than it first appears. What it effectively means is that the government-managed hunt in parts of...
We have a documentary team in this week, filming an episode about Kristin and I for a series called New Lives in the Wild. The presenter is Ben Fogle. Did some high-water level rafting with them yesterday and cut a tree out that was blocking the river....
Grizzly hunters and their supporters have always claimed that killing bears makes people safer. Since most grizzlies attack out of fear, not for want of a meal, this line of argument has always struck me as wrong. A new study argues that, if anything, killing...
We usually see grizzlies in the spring, but not four in one outing and not this early. Here are some pics Kristin took including one of a mum with a cub of the year. Unfortunately the grizzly hunters are out there too. So we are...
Welcome to our new website! We loved our old website but after nearly a decade it was time for something new. Technology is changing, computer screens are getting ever wider, and many of our guests now use smart phones and tablets to browse the web....
A grizzly bear tucking into a nice plump salmon. The fish run was very low this year, and the fish were late, but when they did arrive they were larger than usual and provided some good late-Fall feeding opportunities for the grizzlies on the river....
Grizzly bears are almost always shown standing on their back legs with the mouths open in a howl of rage. The truth is that most of them rarely stand up on their back legs and prefer to trundle along on all fours. Here is a more...