So you’re skiing up the skin track, head down. You finally break out past the trees into the alpine and […]

An Elk Valley resident received a $15,152 penalty and 10-year hunting ban for shooting and killing a grizzly bear sow […]

Acclaimed author, naturalist and biologist Douglas Chadwick is touring the Kootenays this February to share his latest book, Four Fifths […]

Five local mountain caribou herds have been extirpated (locally extinct) in the last 10 years due to habitat loss.

A little orphaned black bear cub was rescued in Fernie and sent to Northern Lights Wildlife Society (NLWS) in Smithers. […]

A remarkable, research-driven project is underway in the Elk Valley right now to help protect vulnerable species. Home to iconic […]

This week there was a bear encounter on a Fernie trail in the Ridgemont area. The incident was reported on […]

More than 14 bears have had to be euthanized in Fernie this year, most of them after becoming habituated to people, conservation officers say.

It’s the season when bear activity is at its peak and we have to think about keeping our bears safe. […]

Our findings support the idea that short-term recovery actions such as predator reductions and translocations will likely just delay caribou extinction in the absence of well-considered habitat management.

Three dedicated wilderness champions have offered to match your donation for the wild this holiday season, up to $20,000. That […]

Heiko’s Trail is now closed until further notice due to grizzly bears in the area. On September 1st a second […]