Campaign Publications: Grizzly Bears

08/24/2008 (All day)

Grizzly bears hold a certain place in our hearts - a revered yet feared beast of up to 375 kg which can stand 6 feet tall and conjures up images of rugged and unspoiled wilderness. A subspecies of brown bear, grizzlies historically ranged from Alaska down to Mexico and as far east as Manitoba. Unfortunately, human fear of the grizzly and encroachment of their habitat has left the grizzly virtually non-existent in Canada's southern provinces outside of British Columbia (BC) and Alberta. The few remaining populations of grizzly that straddle the Canada-US border in BC and Alberta are in trouble, and need our actions to help them recover...Read this educational report

03/15/2005 - 01:00

Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he writes about holding our leaders' feet to the fire on environmental protection.

01/15/1999 - 01:00

Read Joe Foy's column in Shared Vision as he looks at the BC public's views on environmental protection and wonders how the provincial government got it so wrong.

10/15/1998 (All day)

Read Joe Foy's column in Shared Vision as he calls for the preservation of the Great Bear Rainforest.

04/15/1998 (All day)

Read Joe Foy's column in Shared Vision as he talks of the high cost we all pay as a result of corporate over-logging of our forests.

09/30/1996 (All day)

This paper calls for the protection of bear sanctuaries. WCWC approximates that Canada loses between 44,000 to 66,000 annually, which is more than 15 percent of the total estimated population of bears in the country. This issue gives the "bare facts" about bear populations, proposals and acts to prohibit the hunting of bears, and other bear related information...Read this educational report

01/29/1996 - 01:00

The Alberta grizzly bear and its majestic wilderness home are vanishing. Increasing commercial development in grizzly habitat are pushing the bear to the edge of existence. A proposed resort in Kananaskis Country, a coal mine near Mountain Park and oil and gas development in the Whaleback are a few such examples. Burgeoning agriculture and motorized vehicle recreation are also destroying habitat, which in turn kills bears...Read this educational report

05/31/1987 (All day)

What better time than now for the federal and provincial governments to cooperatively create Canada's first grizzly bear sanctuary. This year is designated Wildlife '87, Canada's centenary celebration of the creation of the first national wildlife area, the Lost Mountain Waterfowl refuge in Saskatchewan...Read this educational report