One pioneering grizzly and her two cubs appear on Vancouver Island
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One pioneering grizzly and her two cubs appear on Vancouver Island
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Re: One pioneering grizzly and her two cubs appear on Vancouver Island
#2I've been up REAL close to grizzlies, on Kodiak Island [1]. However, that has a population of 13,000 [2], whereas Vancouver has 840,000, according to that article.
That means on Kodiak, the bears have the land mostly to themselves, and humans aren't much of a threat to them. You wouldn't try this in Yellowstone, where fatal bear-human encounters happen regularly. And probably will on Vancouver, too.
[1] https://albertcory50.substack.com/p/travel-disasters
[2] https://usafacts.org/data/topics/people-society/population-a...
Re: One pioneering grizzly and her two cubs appear on Vancouver Island
#3I've been up REAL close to grizzlies, on Kodiak Island [1]. However, that has a population of 13,000 [2], whereas Vancouver has 840,000, according to that article. That means on Kodiak, the bears have the land mostly to themselves, and humans aren't much of a threat to them. You wouldn't try this in Yellowstone, where fatal bear-human encounters happen regularly. And probably will on Vancouver, too. [1] https://alber…
It’s important to distinguish “Vancouver” (a city on the mainland) and “Vancouver Island” (an island off the coast).
Vancouver Island has a population nearing a million, but half of it live in the greater Victoria area, which occupies a tiny little peninsula and change on the southern tip. Most of the island - which is huge, approximately four times the size of Kodiak Island, for what it’s worth - is pretty wild and untamed.
Re: One pioneering grizzly and her two cubs appear on Vancouver Island
#4I've been up REAL close to grizzlies, on Kodiak Island [1]. However, that has a population of 13,000 [2], whereas Vancouver has 840,000, according to that article. That means on Kodiak, the bears have the land mostly to themselves, and humans aren't much of a threat to them. You wouldn't try this in Yellowstone, where fatal bear-human encounters happen regularly. And probably will on Vancouver, too. [1] https://alber…
It’s important to distinguish “Vancouver” (a city on the mainland) and “Vancouver Island” (an island off the coast). Vancouver Island has a population nearing a million, but half of it live in the greater Victoria area, which occupies a tiny little peninsula and change on the southern tip. Most of the island - which is huge, approximately four times the size of Kodiak Island, for what it’s worth - is pretty wild and…
I'm sure, but the question is, do the populations intersect? Looking at the map, I see three Provincial Parks up in the north, plus towns and roads. That will mean vacationers will encounter them.
Whereas on Kodiak, there is nothing on one side of the island.
Re: One pioneering grizzly and her two cubs appear on Vancouver Island
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s important to distinguish “Vancouver” (a city on the mainland) and “Vancouver Island” (an island off the coast). Vancouver Island has a population nearing a million, but half of it live in the greater Victoria area, which occupies a tiny little peninsula and change on the southern tip. Most of the island - which is huge, approximately four times the size of Kodiak Island, for what it’s worth - is pretty wild and…
I'm sure, but the question is, do the populations intersect? Looking at the map, I see three Provincial Parks up in the north, plus towns and roads. That will mean vacationers will encounter them. Whereas on Kodiak, there is nothing on one side of the island.
I think it's time that we start to make room once again for the animals we almost drove to extinction. This would be a good, controlled setting to see if we can do this responsibly.
Re: One pioneering grizzly and her two cubs appear on Vancouver Island
#6Might make for an interesting development on future seasons of Alone if Grizzles become a common presence on Vancouver Island.
My understanding of read materials so far is the amount of work gone into the program to risk profile danger was incredible, the change in risk profile of the addition of Grizzles on top of wolves and black bears would be quite an adjustment.
Re: One pioneering grizzly and her two cubs appear on Vancouver Island
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm sure, but the question is, do the populations intersect? Looking at the map, I see three Provincial Parks up in the north, plus towns and roads. That will mean vacationers will encounter them. Whereas on Kodiak, there is nothing on one side of the island.
I think it's time that we start to make room once again for the animals we almost drove to extinction. This would be a good, controlled setting to see if we can do this responsibly.
How is Vancouver "controlled"? The grizzlies can obviously swim back to the mainland if they don't like it.
> we almost drove to extinction
In the Lower 48, yes. Not in Canada and Alaska.
Re: One pioneering grizzly and her two cubs appear on Vancouver Island
#8Might make for an interesting development on future seasons of Alone if Grizzles become a common presence on Vancouver Island. My understanding of read materials so far is the amount of work gone into the program to risk profile danger was incredible, the change in risk profile of the addition of Grizzles on top of wolves and black bears would be quite an adjustment.
My Yukon buddy was the safety officer/local guy when they did alone up on great slave lake in the NWT.( near Yellowknife)
He hung around all the time with his hunting rifle and a 12 gauge loaded with slugs to make sure nobody got eaten.
He got in trouble for sharing smokes and giving fire to the contestants a few times.
Re: One pioneering grizzly and her two cubs appear on Vancouver Island
#9They will need to watch very carefully for any negative relationship with the endemic Vancouver Island Marmot, that only lives in a couple spots in the Island. In this case, those bears will need to be captured and moved out of the Island again. Grizzlies have the rest of N America to live.
Re: One pioneering grizzly and her two cubs appear on Vancouver Island
#10My wife and I went to Tofino (on Vancouver) this last summer where you can rent a boat for a tour of the coastal black bears. Very highly recommend it.