Great Bear Rainforest

• Marine ecosystems off B.C.’s Great Bear coast get $335M for new protections

  The initiative will add about 14,000 square kilometres of newly protected areas, while supporting sustainable development for the waters off the Great Bear rainforest.

  Politics

  Jun 25, 2024
  
• Conservation group buys out hunting rights in B.C. rainforest to protect wildlife

  Raincoast says in a statement the purchase makes the environmental group the largest hunting tenure holder in B.C., with six tenures covering more than 56,000 square kilometres.

  Environment

  Jan 4, 2024
  
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• B.C. First Nations receive big federal dollars for Great Bear Sea conservation

  The Great Bear Sea hugs the largest coastal temperate rainforest on the planet, stretching 64,000 square kilometres from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to Alaska.

  Environment

  Dec 7, 2022
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• Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation declares new protected area in ‘breadbasket’ section of B.C. coast

  The new protected area, Gitdisdzu Lugyeks, is part of the Great Bear Sea, whose waters that hug the largest coastal temperate rainforest on the planet.

  Environment

  Jun 22, 2022
• ‘A perfect marriage’: 2 First Nations to gain park ranger authority on B.C.’s northwest coast

  For more than a decade, the Coastal Guardian Watchmen have patrolled the Great Bear Rainforest, documenting ecosystem health, and watching for poachers and other illegal activity. 

  Environment

  Jun 2, 2022
• Indigenous Guardians are patrolling the front lines of climate change

  There are some 70 groups of Indigenous Guardians across Canada. Their formal network is only five years old, but the work they do goes back for hundreds of generations.

  Environment

  Nov 13, 2021
• Environmentalists say B.C. falling behind on pledge to protect Great Bear Rainforest

  B.C. environmental groups say a plan to formally protect about half of the forest covered by a landmark deal is two years behind schedule.

  Feb 10, 2020
• NDP bans grizzly bear hunt in B.C. effective immediately

  Earlier this year the government banned grizzly bear trophy hunting across B.C. but – outside of the Great Bear Rainforest – hunters were still allowed to shoot bears for meat.

  Dec 18, 2017
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• B.C. NDP government stopping contentious grizzly bear trophy hunt

  The new B.C. government has followed through on their 2016 campaign promise of banning the contentious practice of grizzly bear trophy hunting.

  Aug 14, 2017
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• B.C. First Nation slams response to tug sinking

  The federal government is harshly criticized in a report from a British Columbia First Nation into the sinking of a tug in the waters off the renowned Great Bear Rainforest last year.

  News

  Apr 6, 2017