British Columbia’s wildlife and habitat faces unprecedented and accelerating challenges due to climate change, increasing human activity and competing pressures on the land base. The status quo is resulting in the degradation and loss of habitat and declining wildlife populations. Recognizing that change is necessary, the province has recently released the Together For Wildlife Strategy as a proposed pathway for improved wildlife management and habitat conservation. Within this strategy the ...

Canada's hunters and anglers are concerned with a number of wildlife and land-use issues that are addressed at the federal level including: conservation funding, species at risk, and CWD. The outcome of the 2019 federal election will impact the future management of these issues. BCBHA wanted to help inform voters about conservation issues important to hunters and anglers, but not commonly discussed during election campaigns. We sent the Conservative, Green, Liberal, and New Democrat ...

The Province of British Columbia recently launched the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) Improvement Initiative. FRPA is a key piece of legislation in the province that governs the management of B.C.'s forests and grasslands and has direct implications on wildlife habitat, water quality, biodiversity and access management. Speak Up! Public feedback will be collected by the provincial government until July 15, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. Participate by completing the online feedback form. To help ...