B.C.'s Elk Valley is home to 0.6 per cent of the province's grizzlies but accounts for a third of grizzly roadway deaths and more than 40 per cent of grizzly rail collisions, a new study found. Researchers say it's time to step up conservation efforts.
A shot from a rifle. A trap. Poison. For decades, a grizzly bear’s encounter with a humanity’s footprint often meant death as settlers spread across North America.
“These bears are dying at extraordinary high rates,” said Lamb. “For any one year it's like a coin flip if you're gonna live.” Known for massive coal mines, the Elk Valley is laced with busy highways and rail connections that weave through towns as they link Canadian provinces east of the Rockies with ports on the coast.
Lamb recalls the gruesome task of tracking down the young grizzlies after their radio collars stopped moving. Grizzlies from elsewhere have moved in, filling the habitat left empty by those dead bears. But a population that relies on migration raises serious questions over its long-term survival. But even as grizzly populations rebound, humans have continued to expand their settlements, setting up a test as to whether people and bears can coexist.
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