Tag: grizzlies

Three Raincoast researchers in life jackets and boots stand on a pebbled shore around a white dinghy speaking to each other while the ocean looms quietly in the background in pale blue, cut by two mountains forming a vee.

Raincoast cancels field work due to COVID-19

2020-04-242020-05-02

With the COVID-19 affecting normalcy around the world, we, along with our Coastal First Nation colleagues, have decided to cancel the field work this season.

Grizzly bear catches fish with its front paws while standing in water

Raincoast research

Raincoast studies the effect of ecotourism on bears

2019-11-032019-12-17

Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab has launched a multi-year research project to understand if ecotourism has any effects on bear presence, numbers, and behaviour. Kate Field, researcher with Raincoast conservation and PhD student...

Grizzly bear head and shoulders peeks out of green water with logs fallen in the background

Raincoast research

Studying effects of ecotourism on grizzly bears

2019-09-302019-12-17

Kate Fields on her research: "I am interested in how fitness-enhancing behaviour of grizzly bears is affected..."

Desk with a laptop computer on it and a red chair facing a window out of a wooden cabin looking out into the forest

On the coast

A dry and quiet space to write

2019-09-242019-12-17

"I am grateful to allies during field work who provide dry and quiet space to write..."

A hand with the black sleeve of jacket wearing a silver ring on the thumb visible, as it presses down on a much bigger paw print on brown mud

On the coast

A week in the Kitlope

2019-06-052020-01-07

I feel extremely humbled and changed after a week in Xenaksiala territory in the Kitlope. This is the largest...

Brown grizzly bear with mouth partially open

Save the Great Bears

Oppose plans for so-called ‘food hunt’ of grizzlies

2017-11-022019-02-13

Today is the last day to tell the government of British Columbia what you think about the hunting of grizzlies in BC. While Raincoast commends the province for...

prow of Raincoast boat Achiever in the water

Save the Great Bears

We drew a winner for the ‘Save The Great Bears’ trip to the Great Bear Rainforest

2017-07-252019-02-13

We drew a winner for the 'Save The Great Bears' trip to the Great Bear Rainforest with us! A note from the winner, Matthew...

Black and white picture of boat Achiever docked in calm ocean with the caption Who Won

Save the Great Bears

Drawing the name today for the winner of the Grizzly Bar adventure

2017-07-072019-02-13

We are drawing the name today for the winner of the 10-day adventure to the Great Bear Rainforest aboard our research vessel Achiever. Thanks to all participants for donating...

A family of bears, an adult and two cubs walking along.

On the coast

Happy Family Day – “Opt Outside”

2017-02-132019-02-13

More than most, a day to opt outside. Happy family day...

Four bears stand on a log in a row looking for fish in the water under the log.

Raincoast research

Annual report cover models: Bears

2016-12-212019-12-12

These bears grace the cover of our annual report - Tracking Raincoast. If you want the inside track on our plans...

a boat in the water in the Freat Bear Rainforest carrying research crew from the Spirit Bear Research Foundation

Salmon Carnivore Project

Christina Service and Spirit Bear Foundation research crew

2016-09-292019-02-13

Nice surprise to run into Raincoast Conservation large carnivore biologist Christina Service and Spirit Bear Foundation research crew out sampling...

A grizzly bear looks into the camers from behind medium tall grass in the Great Bear Rainforest

Save the Great Bears

A conservation solution to the trophy hunt

2016-09-032019-01-07

This week the trophy hunt opens across British Columbia including the Great Bear Rainforest despite a ban by Coastal First Nations...

Two grizzly bears in a green forest in Wuikinuxv Territory

On the coast

The relationship between bears, salmon and people in the Great Bear Rainforest

2016-08-252019-01-07

With our First Nations hosts and partners we monitor the relationship between bears, salmon and people in the Great Bear Rainforest. This is conservation science...