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When the last tags are punched and the snow really settles in, most of us shift from “season mode” to sleds, ice fishing and dreaming about next fall. For BC’s big game species, though, winter is the toughest season of the year – and what we do on the landscape now has a direct impact on the animals we hope to see in our scopes next September.
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On a wind-ruffled January morning in the Strait of Georgia, you might hear a soft, musical yodel carrying over the chop before you ever pick out the bird that made it. Long-tailed ducks – once commonly known as “oldsquaw,” a name now generally retired – are among British Columbia’s most distinctive winter sea ducks. They arrive when the coast turns steel-grey and herring scho...
When visitors picture British Columbia, they imagine jagged peaks, turquoise lakes, deep forests and mist-lined coastlines. What they may not realize is just how profoundly this landscape fuels the provincial economy – and how essential it is for tourism. According to new data from the government of British Columbia, outdoor recreation is not just a beloved pastime; it is a m...
From a length of monofilament snagged in an alder to a forgotten trail camera or a crab trap that never gets hauled, “derelict gear” adds up. In British Columbia’s forests, rivers and coastal waters, these items keep working long after we’ve gone home – snaring wildlife, leaching plastics and metals and normalizing litter on the land. The good news: hunters and anglers are al...
Every autumn in British Columbia’s mountains and coastal rainforests, the province’s most famous residents prepare for a months-long sleepover – and it’s nothing like a lazy Sunday nap. Black bears, grizzly bears and the rare Kermode (spirit) bear go through remarkable biological gymnastics to survive winter without eating, drinking, urinating or defecating. Yes – it’s a litt...
