Whaletown’s black bear is still on the loose – but its days may be numbered.
This summer, a black bear has made the rounds in Whaletown, on Cortes Island, eating up fruit, stealing honey, breaking in to a chicken coop and even attacking a pig (according to community reports on the Tideline and Facebook).
Continue reading Whaletown’s Black BearWhat we can learn about coexisting with bears on Cortes Island an interview with Sabina Mense Leader.
Continue reading Coexisting With Bears On Cortes IslandNorth Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
When two grizzly bears island-hopped across the Johnston Strait to Alert Bay in 2016, the community was transfixed — and afraid. Children were kept inside while conservation officers set traps. Within a week the bears were captured and relocated back to their territory in the Great Bear Rainforest. Judy Hilgemann, an artist originally from Port Alice, had firsthand accounts of the situation from her conservation officer husband, and she turned the saga into a children’s story called The Great Grizzlies Go Home.
Continue reading The Great Grizzlies Go Home
As I was waiting for the ferry at Quathiaski Cove, my eyes were drawn to a trailer full of rough planking and an antique floating devise. They belonged to a BC Ferry captain from the Quadra to Cortes run. Randall Warnock spends a lot of time salvaging on British Columbia’s central coast.
Continue reading Salvaging On British Columbia’s Central Coast[Written version from the Archives – May 6, 2016; premiere of the radio version July 28, 2022.]
Editor’s note: The most popular story on Cortes Currents is ‘Where are Germany’s Bears, Wolves and Eagles?’ There have been more than 14,000 views. There were 126 last month. As the written version of this interview was published six years ago, I did a quick Google Search to see if the information is still relevant. The results:
One of my wife’s fondest memories of Germany is the well maintained trails going through idyllic forests. She was visiting relatives during the late 1960’s and early 70’s. My impressions are both much later, and connected to the development of renewables. After returning home in 2015, I asked Andreas König, Head of Wildlife Biology and Wildlife Management at the Technical University of Munich, ‘Where are Germany’s bears, wolves and eagles?’
Continue reading Where Are Germany’s Bears, Wolves And Eagles?
