Our field crew are good at multi-tasking. In this case, they were measuring and identifying fish species and photographing the same in the Fraser River estuary.
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Photo by Misty MacDuffee.
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“This summer, while BC’s lower mainland has seen a marked uptick in the number of black bears killed, the same appears to be true across the province. Living on the North Shore and in the Lower Mainland, it’s been difficult to read the constant news stories, especially as so few end favourably for the bears….
While our research in the Fraser River estuary is focussed on juvenile salmon we also observe a host of other wildlife. The estuary is internationally recognized for its importance to…
In episode 140 of The Hunting Collective podcast with Ben O’Brien, Ben and Phil do a follow up interview with Dr. Barrie Gilbert. Gilbert is the author of One of Us, A Biologist’s Walk Among Bears, a grizzly bear expert and wildlife advocate.
New research has identified that the small genetic change responsible for Spirit bears – a rare, white-coated form of black bears – is up to 50% rarer in the Great Bear Rainforest than previously estimated.
Raincoast Conservation setting up to photograph and video grizzly bears in the Great Bear rainforest on our recent expedition.
Read Tracking Raincoast into 2019 online . You can also download Tracking Raincoast into 2019 and share with friends. This past summer, the world’s attention was focused on the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whale population that inhabits the Salish Sea and its outside coastal waters. Tahlequah (J35) carried her dead calf for more than two weeks in a…