https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-government-trap-endangered-fishers-fur-extinction/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:44:23 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=23914 Unlike six other provinces, B.C. has no endangered species legislation, which allows species at risk to be killed outside of protected areas Sarah Cox News B.C. Endangered Species environmental law extinction fisher forestry wildlife Fisher https://thenarwhal.ca/vancouver-island-marmot/ Sat, 29 Aug 2020 14:10:29 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=21469 One of the rarest mammals in the world was almost wiped out two decades ago, sparking an elaborate and costly recovery program that has boosted numbers and offers hope for other at-risk species Sarah Cox On the ground B.C. Endangered Species extinction solutions Vancouver Island Vancouver Island marmot wildlife Vancouver Island marmots https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-extinction-crisis/ Sat, 08 Aug 2020 15:47:57 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=20968 Canada’s westernmost province markets itself as 'Super, Natural, B.C.,' but more than 2,000 species of animals and plants are at risk of disappearing — and unlike six other provinces, B.C. still has no endangered species law, despite the NDP's election promise to introduce one Sarah Cox In-Depth B.C. caribou Endangered Species environmental law extinction fisher spotted owls wildlife B.C. extinction crisis caribou fisher spotted owl https://thenarwhal.ca/the-extinction-report-tells-us-something-important-about-what-it-means-to-be-human/ Mon, 13 May 2019 16:13:48 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=11441 It is stark and uncomfortable to gaze upon the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it and feel the force of its loss — but doing so can help us recover meaning amidst our grief Carol Linnitt Opinion climate change ecological grief extinction extinction report species at risk the Anthropocene wildlife Polar bear species extinction https://thenarwhal.ca/feds-asked-to-step-in-to-save-endangered-spotted-owls-from-canadian-extinction/ Wed, 08 May 2019 23:38:25 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=11336 As a UN report finds nature declining globally at unprecedented rates, Canadian groups call for plan to protect old-growth forest habitat for owls reduced from 1,000 to fewer than five in the wild Sarah Cox News environmental law extinction forestry logging SARA Species At Risk Act spotted owl wildlife Spotted Owl https://thenarwhal.ca/a-map-of-the-world-as-caribou-see-it-qa-with-author-david-moskowitz/ Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:30:01 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9865 A new book by author and photographer David Moskowitz documents the spectacular inland temperate rainforest shared by Canada and the U.S., in the hopes that the ‘caribou rainforest’ will become a household name like the Great Bear Rainforest or the Serengeti Sarah Cox In-Depth David Moskowitz extinction forestry Selkirk caribou wildlife Selkirk caribou David Moskowitz https://thenarwhal.ca/we-have-left-it-too-late-scientists-say-some-b-c-endangered-species-cant-be-saved/ Sat, 08 Dec 2018 21:51:03 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9329 B.C.’s scattershot approach to helping at-risk species isn’t working, say scientists who propose a new but controversial way of prioritizing conservation that comes face to face with the grim realities and ethical dilemmas of making a business case for extinction prevention Sarah Cox In-Depth B.C. caribou Endangered Species extinction species at risk Species At Risk Act wildlife Revelstoke Caribou Penning Project https://thenarwhal.ca/wade-davis-life-without-wild-things/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:39:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=8713 We have forgotten the flocks of passenger pigeons that blotted out the sun, the herds of bison that shook the ground and the untamed places in which we destroyed them. This is ecological amnesia Wade Davis Opinion ecological amnesia extinction Memory species at risk Wade Davis wildlife https://thenarwhal.ca/keepers-of-the-spotted-owl/ Thu, 01 Nov 2018 22:00:06 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=8645 At the world’s first breeding centre in Langley, B.C., spotted owls are hatched in incubators, given around the clock medical care and hand fed euthanized rodents in a last-ditch effort to save the species from Canadian extinction. All the while scientists warn that the province has yet to recognize the endangered raptor as a symbol of our escalating failure to protect old-growth forests Sarah Cox In-Depth Photo Essay B.C. extinction forestry logging species at risk spotted owl wildlife Photo: Jared Hobbs spotted owl https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-plans-cull-wolves-next-decade-while-failing-protect-caribou-habitat-industry/ Thu, 21 May 2015 16:27:07 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/05/21/b-c-plans-cull-wolves-next-decade-while-failing-protect-caribou-habitat-industry/ Carol Linnitt News bc wolf cull Biological Conservation caribou Chris Johnson conservation extinction IMPACTS Industry Paul Paquet Raincoast Conservation Foundation Robert Serrouya Roland Willson Site C dam West Moberly First Nation wolf cull wolves https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-failing-protect-habitat-imperilled-species-report/ Tue, 18 Nov 2014 01:31:48 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/11/18/canada-failing-protect-habitat-imperilled-species-report/ Judith Lavoie biodiversity Caroline Fox Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada conservation COSEWIC Endangered Species extinction grizzlies habitat protection PLOS ONE Raincoast Conservation Foundation SARA species at risk Species At Risk Act Trends in Extinction Risk for Imperiled Species in Canada University of Victoria