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Great Bear Rainforest agreement

Kermode aka 'spirit bear'

Private lands within the Great Bear Rainforest donated for conservation

A vast tract of pristine waterfront within British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest has been donated to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, filling in part of a patchwork of conservation efforts in the...
Spirit bear mother and cub

B.C. says Great Bear Rainforest act enshrines co-existence in global treasure

VICTORIA — British Columbia has introduced legislation to halt logging in much of the Great Bear Rainforest, the world's largest intact temperate rainforest. Forests Minister Steve Thomson says often...

Premier Clark announces completion of Great Bear Rainforest agreements this morning

Today, the B.C. government joined Indigenous leaders and representatives from environmental groups and the timber industry to announce the finalization of a 19-year effort to protect the Great Bear...