Bear gals and guys more attractive on the other side of the road?
Now that many wildlife crossings are in place in Canadian national parks of the Rockies (Banff especially), it is clear that they are benefiting grizzly and black bears. They not only prevent them from being killed on the Trans-Canada Highway, they facilitate […]
Continue Reading →Alberta opposes Parks Canada plan for bison in Banff-
I’m not suprised Alberta opposes it; a regressive province, but it sure works for me.
Story in the Calgary Herald.
Continue Reading →Five crossings by grizzlies in 1996 have grown to 177 last summer-
Grizzlies using highway crossings. By Cathy Ellis. Rocky Mountain Outlook. They clearly are working.
It would be nice if some of stimulus money here in the U.S. went into wildlife crossings. They are as shovel ready as other highway projects.
Continue Reading →Banff: Grizzly at risk again near mountain train tracks-
Grizzly at risk again near mountain train tracks. By Jason Markusoff; With Files From Jamie Komarnicki. Calgary Herald.
Continue Reading →The train route through the Park is the major killer, but hardly the only human source of mortality.
Story. Grizzly bear decline blamed on humans. Trains top killers in Banff, Jasper parks, says report. Cathy Ellis, The Calgary Herald
Continue Reading →There is a huge problem at Banff NP because of the 4-lane Trans-Canada highway that bisects the Park. There are also way too many elk in the Bow River Valley near the town of Banff.
An experiment is underway to try to make fences and highway underpasses tilted in favor of elk predators.
Continue Reading →Woodland caribou population is down to ten or less and grizzlies only 60 in Banff in 80 in the Kananaskis country to its south.
Grim for grizzlies. Gloom and doom’ for Banff’s ursine residents, says park report. Cathy Ellis, Calgary Herald.
By contrast both Glacier NP and Yellowstone NP each have over 200 grizzlies […]
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