Coexisting with Carnivores Alliance
We promote coexistence between people, bears, cougars and wolves by providing strategic leadership, support, education and innovative tools to communities sharing the landscape with carnivores in southern Vancouver Island.
Building a Future of Coexistence: Science in Action at the Wildlife Science Centre
Science is at the heart of building better ways for people and wildlife to thrive together. At the Wildlife Science Centre—an initiative of Biodiversity Pathways—research and real-world solutions come together to advance coexistence strategies across British Columbia.
From highways to hiking trails, the Centre is working on the ground to address some of the most pressing threats to wildlife. Along Highway 3—one of the province’s deadliest corridors for wildlife—the Centre is collaborating with road ecologists, government agencies, First Nations, and community partners to pinpoint priority locations for wildlife crossings. Construction is now underway, bringing us one step closer to safer roads and connected landscapes. Closer to home, the Centre is helping residents in the Elk Valley live more safely alongside bears. Through financial support for electric fencing and tree replacement programs, locals can access tools to reduce bear attractants and prevent conflict—at little or no cost. And deep in BC’s forests, new research is taking shape. The Centre is leading pilot studies to better understand how recreational activities affect carnivore movement and trail use. These insights will be key to designing recreation strategies that protect both wildlife and the wild spaces they depend on.
From infrastructure to community action, the Wildlife Science Centre is turning knowledge into impact—building a future where people and wildlife can thrive, together.
Wildlife cameras in Sooke Hills park helping researchers monitor effects of human presence
A project years in the making is under way in one of the Capital Regional District’s (CRD) largest parks, with the goal of monitoring and assessing wildlife, their movements and the impact human activity has on their behaviour. The Sooke Hills Wilderness Project is a collaboration between the CRD, the University of Victoria and the Coexistence with Carnivores Alliance. Read more here.
Electric Fencing - keeping the bears away
THERE’S A NEW WOLF IN TOWN
It appears an old resident has moved back, and a group of interested people has taken it upon themselves to do as much as possible to ensure their return is as smooth and incident free as possible. Read more about it and about wolf awerness - wolf primer here.
HOW TO ELECTRIC FENCE
Do you want to learn more about eletric fencing and how such tool can prevent human-carnivores conflicts? Read more about it here.
Here some suggestions to avoid Attracting bears to your home
The reason there tends to be so many bears in residential areas is due to food-conditioning. Bears are creatures of habit and once they realize there are easy sources of food that are readily available to them, they will continue to come back. If you manage the bear attractants around your house you can keep your family safe and keep bears from being destroyed. There are a number of things you can do.