Conservation
The Burnt Forest is Alive – A Photo Essay
Wildfires burning across the province of British Columbia are dominating the news during the summer of 2021. The smoke hadn’t cleared and private forest companies and the government’s BC Timber Sales division will soon announce their plans to expedite clearing the...
Salvage Logging British Columbia’s Wildfires – Will Wildlife Conservation and Science Matter?
Where There’s Smoke… Like most of western North America, British Columbia’s wildfires are raging this summer. Homes have been destroyed and many more are still threatened. Entire communities are on evacuation alerts. People are breathing thick smoke-filled air and...
The Impact of Resource Roads on British Columbia’s Wildlife
Road density is an important consideration in natural resource management because high road densities can lead to negative impacts on fish and wildlife populations. Road density is reported as kilometers of road per square kilometer of land. High road density can...
Wildlife Survival in Extreme Heat Events
Western Canada, like many parts of western North America has been experiencing extreme hot temperatures early in the summer of 2021. New record-breaking hot temperatures are being documented on daily basis in many parts of the country. While staying cool at home is a...
Is Hunting Threatening Apex Predator Biodiversity?
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Hunting is Not a Global Conservation Problem – But These 8 Things Are
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Do Hunters Care About Grizzly Bear Conservation?
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How to Provide Comments on Public Wildlife Management Plans
Winter is the season when hunting and angling conservation-based organizations may be asked by a fish and wildlife agency to review and provide comments on a draft management plan the agency is working on. In some cases, this kind of public referral / opportunity for...
Urban Deer – British Columbia’s Ticking Time Bomb
In May of 2019, the hunting community and the Fish & Wildlife Branch in British Columbia were thrust onto the front lines of having to go to the next level of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) management. May 2019 is when the first case of CWD was reported west of the...
The Great Canadian Waterfowl Wingbee
The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation includes seven tenants, two of which state: Wildlife species are considered an international resource. Some species, such as migratory birds, cross national boundaries. Treaties such as the Migratory Bird Treaty and...
10 Must Reads For Canadian Hunter Conservationists
It may seem like a cliché, but in order to understand where the future of responsible hunting and wildlife conservation in Canada is headed, hunter conservationists need to understand our country’s conservation history and unique relationships with hunting and...
Does Shed Antler Hunting Need To Be Regulated in Canada?
Maybe this is something only another hunter can understand but don’t you think there is something mystical and powerful about finding a shed antler? Late one spring, I was plodding through the hard snowpack one crunchy step at time when my eye zoomed to the base of...
Why Is Some Wildlife White?
It’s winter and most of the Canadian landscape is blanketed white with snow. So, I figured it was an appropriate time to talk about white-coloured wildlife. In 2017, photos and a video of white bull moose filmed in Sweden went viral. There is also the famous Seneca...
Should We Feed Wildlife During Extremely Cold Weather?
It’s early January 2020 and, according to the weather forecast, western Canada is about to experience record cold temperatures. For those that care about wildlife, it’s natural to be concerned for them with this sort of winter weather looming on the horizon....
BC’s New and Improved Wildlife Management Strategy – What are People Saying?
“There are some obvious omissions that most of the stakeholder groups supported such as an independent oversight of funding and exploring other sources for funding. I also don’t see any clear path from this document to landscape level benefits for wildlife and...
A Legacy for All British Columbians
A conservation legacy for B.C. started with a single idea My grandfather and I were close. He hailed from the small community of Marysville in Southeastern B.C and was a mine worker, logger, hunter and a trapper. I was born into his family and developed...
Should You Vote For The Steelhead Party of Canada In The Upcoming Election?
In 1992, the Atlantic Cod fish population collapsed. In 1993, the federal government placed a moratorium on the cod fishery that ended a multi-generational way of life for Newfoundlanders that spanned hundreds of years of Canadian history.Advanced technologies in...
Canada’s Duck Stamp-Paying For Conservation One Stamp At A Time
"Blue - Canvasback" by Claude Thivierge is Canada's Offcial 2019 Duck Stamp Early conservationists recognized that protecting migratory birds in North America required a unified approach to conservation between Canada and the United States. So, in 1916, Great...
What the Heck is DNA Mark & Recapture
In Episode 001 of The Hunter Conservationist Podcast, grizzly bear researcher Clayton Lamb from the University of Alberta said that the DNA mark and recapture method of estimating wildlife populations is the “gold standard” in wildlife population science. What the...
A Simple Affordable Way to Invest in Conservation
I often get asked by hunter conservationists for advice on what organizations I recommend they join. I also get asked what non-government charities would be best to donate to for helping fish, wildlife and habitat. There are a myriad of organizations asking for your...
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