by Kelly Carson | Dec 7, 2017 | Advocacy, News, wildlife
Salt Spring Island is the most densely populated island in the Capital Regional District. The Salt Spring Island Conservancy was formed to protect, restore, enhance and maintain wildlife habitats and ecosystems on their seven nature reserves. Seven hundred acres of...
by Kelly Carson | Nov 28, 2016 | Advocacy, News, wildlife
On November 25, 2016 two cougar kittens were killed in Ocean Falls, BC. They were shot on a private dock while consuming a seal that they had killed. Unable to drag their catch away from the area, they remained nearby. This made them easy targets when Conservation...
by Kelly Carson | Jul 26, 2016 | Advocacy, News, wildlife
On July 5, 2016 Ingmar Lee of Denny Island, near Bella Bella, heard a message on the marine distress channel that a humpback whale was entangled in netting nearby. He found the whale towing about 100 feet of net, fishing line and ropes. The whale was visibly...
by Kelly Carson | Jun 10, 2016 | Advocacy, News, wildlife
One afternoon in February, 2016, Lynne Cracknell and her husband took their dogs for an outing near White River Provincial Park. The nightmare that followed when one of the dogs stepped into a leghold trap near their parked vehicle didn’t end for Lynne after she...
by Kelly Carson | Jun 2, 2016 | Advocacy, News, wildlife
On Friday, May 6, 2017 Tiana Jackson was driving from her home to Dawson Creek, 50 km away. Three kilometres from her home she noticed a tiny bear cub at the side of the road. After a call to the RCMP she was in contact with Conservation Officer Micah Kneller. The...
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