https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/coastal-shellfish-indigenous-aquaculture-great-bear-rainforest/ Sat, 03 Oct 2020 14:49:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=22418 Indigenous-owned Coastal Shellfish breathes new life into Prince Rupert's seafood economy, reviving former fish processing plant and offering jobs to locals Matt Simmons In-Depth B.C. fishing great bear rainforest Indigenous Oceans solutions Patricia Lewis and Yota Kano https://thenarwhal.ca/heiltsuk-fishery-bc-covid-19-science/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 19:13:15 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=20589 Nation’s willingness to shut down lucrative spawn-on-kelp fishery stands in ‘stark contrast’ to other government decisions to push ahead with extractive industries during pandemic, according to letter published in Science Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood News coronavirus COVID-19 great bear rainforest Heiltsuk Indigenous Herring roe BC https://thenarwhal.ca/why-25-million-of-carbon-credits-from-the-great-bear-rainforest-are-sitting-on-the-shelf/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:00:08 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=16647 Carbon offsets were meant to fund a conservation economy in the world’s last intact temperate rainforest, but sales have fallen short of expectations. Still, some say there is reason for optimism Jimmy Thomson Explainer News carbon offsets climate change forestry great bear rainforest Guardians Indigenous protected areas Great-Bear-Rainforest-TJ-Watt-7 https://thenarwhal.ca/left-behind-staggering-level-of-waste-at-great-bear-rainforest-logging-operations-data-reveals/ Sat, 30 Nov 2019 17:13:33 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=15479 A controversial timber-pricing system may be to blame as forestry companies log the best and leave the rest Ben Parfitt In-Depth BC Timber Sales forestry great bear rainforest Interfor logging protected areas https://thenarwhal.ca/the-great-bear-loophole-why-old-growth-is-still-logged-in-b-c-s-iconic-protected-rainforest/ Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:07:24 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=15437 Despite new ‘ecosystem-based’ rules to limit forestry, logging companies continue to find ways to harvest the largest and the rarest of the old-growth trees on Gilford Island near the southern tip of the Great Bear Rainforest Ben Parfitt In-Depth forestry great bear rainforest logging protected areas Tavish Campbell Gilford Island Great Bear Rainforest https://thenarwhal.ca/heiltsuk-rising-inside-the-cultural-resurgence-of-one-b-c-first-nation/ Wed, 30 Oct 2019 18:22:03 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=14893 A new Big House and land-based healing centre mark a remarkable moment for the Heiltsuk people  Emma Gilchrist Video great bear rainforest Heiltsuk Heiltsuk big house Indigenous solutions Jess Housty Bella Bella Heiltsuk https://thenarwhal.ca/how-to-stop-trophy-hunting-buy-up-all-the-licences/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 18:13:29 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=12942 A B.C. conservation group is on a mission to purchase all the commercial hunting licences in the Great Bear Rainforest, where animals like black bears, wolves and cougars can still legally be killed as trophies. The focus right now is the Kitlope, a breathtaking area home to the world’s largest intact area of coastal temperate rainforest  Judith Lavoie News bears cougars great bear rainforest Kitlope trophy hunting wolves A coastal wolf. Photo: Klaus Pommerenke https://thenarwhal.ca/two-grizzly-cubs-run-over-and-killed-in-b-c-s-great-bear-rainforest/ Thu, 11 Jul 2019 18:59:12 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=12608 Deaths highlight ongoing tensions between humans and bears in the Bella Coola Valley Molly Segal News bears Bella Coola great bear rainforest grizzlies grizzly bears wildlife Mother grizzly with young cubs https://thenarwhal.ca/first-nations-lead-transition-to-conservation-based-economy-in-great-bear-rainforest-haida-gwaii/ Thu, 06 Jun 2019 20:03:08 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=12009 The last decade has seen the creation of more than 100 businesses, 1,000 permanent jobs and 14 regional monitoring and Guardian Watchmen programs through conservation finance programs Judith Lavoie News Coast Funds great bear rainforest guardian watchmen Haida Gwaii Indigenous Indigenous guardians Indigenous protected areas protected areas solutions Haida totem pole raising https://thenarwhal.ca/exhaustive-oil-lobby-threatens-to-derail-promised-tanker-ban-on-b-c-s-north-coast/ Fri, 31 May 2019 19:00:14 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=11883 A B.C. senator lashes out as the unelected Senate stalls a long-awaited bill to formalize a 34-year oil tanker moratorium. Time is running out for Parliament to pass Bill C-48, which Coastal First Nations say is essential to protecting their economy Sarah Cox News Bill C-48 enbridge northern gateway great bear rainforest Nathan E. Stewart spill oil tankers oilsands A large oil tanker navigates high seas. https://thenarwhal.ca/great-bear-rainforest-gift-to-the-world-came-at-our-expense-says-kwiakah-first-nation/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:10:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9578 It was heralded as a conservation coup, yet one First Nation finds its land — set within the region’s boundaries — facing the threat of increased logging Erica Gies In-Depth forestry great bear rainforest Indigenous Kwiakah First Nation logging Western Forest Products Logging Phillips Arm TimberWest