Campbell River’s bear problem is escalating. There were twice as many reports of bears raiding garbage cans this year. Sergeant Mike Newton, a Conservation Officer with the Ministry of Environment, went to the June 27 city council meeting with a couple of suggestions.
They both hinge upon changing human behaviour.
Continue reading A North Island situation: solutions for Campbell River’s Bear problemLast November, a black bear started raiding the fruit trees, garbage cans and compost piles in homes backing onto Basil Creek, on Cortes Island. In response to a complaint, the Conservation Officer Service brought a trap over to the island. If they had caught the bear, it would have been put down – but the Squirrel Cove Bear escaped.
Continue reading Update on the Squirrel Cove BearA two-year old grizzly bear’s month long visit to Quadra Island is about to come to an end.
Continue reading Two year old Grizzly on Quadra IslandThe Cortes Island Museum’s Wild Cortes exhibit is reopening at Linnaea Farm on Earth day, Thursday, April 22nd, with ‘the Big Three.’
Continue reading Wild Cortes reopens with the Big ThreeNorth Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A conservation officer who gained national attention after losing his job for refusing to kill two orphan cubs in Port Hardy in 2015 has filed a petition to get his job back.
Continue reading Five years later: Conservation officer who spared bear cubs still unemployable
