North 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 unemployableAn injured Red-Tailed Hawk was recovered and recently released by a local wildlife advocate.
Cortes Currents reached Autumn Barrett-Morgan at home, by zoom, for the story.
Continue reading Cortesians rescue Red-tailed Hawk, forge relationship with MARSBy Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Almost a quarter of the estimated 20,000 bee species on Earth may be in decline, researchers have found. The January study is the first time the well-being of pollinators has been assessed on a global scale, with previous concerns of declining wild pollinator populations based on local or regional studies.
Continue reading Number of Bee species droppingNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Trophy hunting of wolves, grizzly bears, and cougars may endanger hunters as well as the animals they target, a new study suggests.
Continue reading Trophy hunters: A danger to humans as well as prey?This program was funded by a grant from the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Government of Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative.
Today we hear a first-hand account of a concerning hunting episode on October 24 in Smelt Bay, Cortes Island. We’ll hear from Conservation Officer Brad Adams, a local authority on the laws around hunting. And then we’ll take a deeper dive with Sabina Leader Mense into some ecological considerations of hunting around Cortes.
Continue reading Cortes Island Goose Hunt Frightens Resident, Excites Ecologist and Could Be Lawful
