As this community knows all too well, conservation is rarely linear. It demands patience, persistence, and, most importantly, public will. In some much-needed good news, ongoing conservation efforts across North America have translated into tangible progress for apex predators, and February has brought with it some sizeable wins. What a breath of fresh air it is to have our Good News section bursting at the seams!
We hope this positive progress is enough to buoy you up with renewed strength, ready to take action. As the legislature sits to make decisions around wildlife policy for BC and Alberta, now is the time to speak up and write to your representatives. From our many conversations with MLAs and MPs, we can tell you that there is strength in numbers, and every single letter, email and call has an impact.
To each and every one of you, thank you. Our team only exists with the support of our donors, and it’s a privilege to do this work. It’s worth it, even on its hardest days.
Whether it’s through sharing information with your network, making a donation to support conservation or contacting your MLA, our community efforts are cumulative and make a genuine difference. It’s a difference that can mean life or death for so many animals, so really, what do we have to lose?
Happy trails,
The Exposed Wildlife Conservancy Team
We believe successful coexistence is an ongoing, adaptive practice shaped by community.
This month, EWC presented at the Municipal District of Bighorn’s event, Living in the Natural Environment. Bringing together around 150 members of the rural and small urban community, including government and non-agricultural rural residents, the evening offered an opportunity to share evidence-based tools and to hear firsthand from the community.
After a presentation on cougar coexistence and updates from our local trail camera project, our team spent time listening to better understand the realities of coexistence for this particular municipality.
The reality is that policy can set direction, but coexistence lives or fails at the local level, and communities deserve to be heard.
If your community would like to host a conversation or fundraiser in support of coexistence, get in touch with maggie@exposedwc.org
A new 2026 poll commissioned by The Fur-Bearers has shown that 74 percent of British Columbians support updates to trapping regulations to reduce harm and increase accountability.
After the devastating death of Moon, a family pet killed in a commercial trap near Radium, BC, the results of this poll present a real opportunity for change.
Share with your community and add your name to the petition to let your representatives know that wildlife policy should reflect both science and public values.
To be in with a chance of winning one of two signed copies of Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival, simply send us a recommendation for your favourite wildlife or conservation read, along with your name and a short write-up on why you recommend it to editorial@exposedwc.org.
Trina Moyles is a Canadian author and journalist known for her lyrical, place-based writing about land, wildlife, rural life, and the emotional complexity of human relationships with the natural world.
Winners will be chosen at random and notified via email on March 31st.
Lethal wolf control has become normalized in British Columbia. In the first installment of this two-part series, we examine the scale, cost, and consequences of an outdated system that has killed thousands of wolves, and why a decade of predator reduction has failed to address the real drivers of ecological decline.
Since 2023, we’ve been partnering with communities to install trail cameras with a view to understanding and supporting coexistence between resident humans and wildlife. Our latest updates are now live.
Visit the website to find footage highlights and project details from three focus areas.
Interested in partnering with us on a Community Trail Camera project? We’d love to hear from you. Reach out and tell us why your community would be an ideal fit for a coexistence project.
The provincial government has proposed a series of changes to BC’s hunting and trapping regulations. The window to provide public feedback closed on February 13th, but it’s not too late to share your voice.
Contacting Ministers and your MLA directly is one of the most effective ways to make your voice heard. We’ve put together a clear and simple guide to help you find your representative and let them know your expectations for wildlife policy to be transparent, grounded in science, and reflective of the public majority's ethics.
Write to your representatives and share your voice in support of apex predators, healthy ecosystems and coexistence-led communities.
To anyone looking to ask some big questions about our relationship to bears, or in search of some even bigger answers, I recommend reading Bears: Without Fear.
Drawing on decades as a park warden, conservationist and hunter, Alberta-based author and ecologist Van Tighem makes a compelling case that coexistence is not sentimental. It is disciplined, informed, and necessary.
To some, coexistence might feel like an abstract concept if it hasn’t been seen or practiced firsthand. One of the reasons I come back to this book is that it’s practical, focusing on prevention, land-use decisions, and personal responsibility instead of reactionary lethal control.
Clear, measured, and grounded in Alberta’s landscapes, Bears: Without Fear feels very timely and is a great read if you’ve been following the rhetoric around grizzly bears from Alberta’s government.
