Eco-tourism did not make these B.C. grizzly bears more prone to human conflict, study finds

Business Intelligence for B.C.
Stefan Labbé
2025 01 14

But move 40 kilometres downstream and you start running into a number of settlements. The situation has led to a collision between humans and grizzlies in a conflict that outranks any other region in the province, according to one study.

“The biggest hot spot by far is the Bella Coola Valley,” said Chris Darimont, a UVic researcher who oversaw the 2016 research. “It kind of glows red.”