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Nigel Douglas
Nigel Douglas is a conservation specialist with the Alberta Wilderness Association. He has been working on grizzly bear issues in Alberta (read: “banging his head against a wall”) for the past seven years.
Recent Parkland Post stories
The long road to wildlife recovery in Alberta
Man-made roads continue to threaten species
As Alberta becomes increasingly fragmented by industrial access, roads will play an enormous part in the future of wildlife, both endangered and common. Access management is increasingly being recognized as one essential tool in the management of species at risk. But it is important to keep in mind the whole picture.Project to help grizzlies derailed
Recovery team disbanded before grizzly recovery begins
What grizzlies need more than anything in Alberta is to be left alone; to have the space to go about their business of being bears. Unfortunately, this being Alberta, they seem to be no nearer to this goal than they were six years ago when Alberta's grizzly recovery process began.Alberta’s grizzlies: going, going…
New government figures for Alberta’s beleaguered grizzly bears now peg the provincial population at fewer than 500 bears, considerably lower than previous estimates. Only five years ago, the population was believed to be around 1,000 bears, but even this was enough to warrant a recommendation by the government’s Endangered Species Conservation Committee to list grizzlies as a “threatened” species. The government has so far ignored that recommendation, but now even that figure of 1,000 seems to have been overly optimistic.Alberta Grizzly 101: the facts about Grizzly bears
Grizzly bear issues in Alberta easily become mired in technical terms, complicated reports, and acronyms
Perhaps it is time to take a step back and answer some of the questions that are often directed at the Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) concerning Alberta's grizzly bears. We have a better idea than we have ever had before of the grizzly population in Alberta: the first three years of an in-depth five-year survey, the population is now believed to be less than 500 bears. (This compares to a 2002 population estimate of 1,000 bears.). This article addresses the role of the hunt and habitat in eventually recovering the population.top of page