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Bears Enjoying the Spring Snow!
Build a Snow Igloo for Napping In.. Grinder and Coola have now been out of their hibernation for nearly a week....
Grinder and Coola emerge from 2011/2012 hibernation period!
Today marked the end to the 2011/2012 hibernation season for Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears at the...
Bears Eat for the First Time Since November!
On Wednesday, April 18th, Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, enjoyed their first feed of...
Bear Habitat Excavation Begins!
This week we began excavations to the Bear's hibernation habitat - the first area they access after they emerge from...
Bears still Snowed In
As if to say, Happy April Fools Day, more snow fell over the bear den and bear habitat. We have begun to see a...
Grinder and Coola Poke Their Heads Out
As the days begin to grow longer, Grinder and Coola are beginning to stir more often inside their bear hotel....
Bears Stirring
As the days grow longer in the spring, Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, begin to stir more often in...
Up Close During a Wolf Feed
Every day our pack of three timber wolves is fed roughly three pounds of meat each. This is sometimes a ground...
Winter Birding on Grouse Mountain
This week several of us went out into the wilds of Grouse Mountain to see what kind of birds hang around the...
Another Successful Year at the Wildlife Refuge
As 2011 draws to a close, I can reflect on what a successful year it has been at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for...
Happy Holidays from the Wildlife Team
Well Santa's Reindeer, Dancer and Vixen, are all ready to go to work tomorrow evening! That's their big night...
Winter Camouflage in use by Grouse Mountain Wildlife
With snow now covering all of the terrain at Grouse Mountain, many of our winter wildlife inhabitants have changed...
Inside a Wolf Den
Our pack of three male timber wolves have been doing quite well at the base of the mountain. Their 2.5 acre...
Santa's Reindeer Arrive at Grouse Mountain!
T'was the night before Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain when what to our wondering eyes should appear? Why...
Bears Close to Hibernation
For the last couple weeks our two resident Grizzly Bears, Grinder and Coola, have been preparing to hibernate. With...
Grouse Mountain hosts Artists for Conservation
Starting tomorrow, Saturday Nov. 5th, Grouse Mountain is proud to host the 2011 Artists for Conservation festival....
Bears Enjoy First Snowfall of Winter 2011
Today, October 26th, marks the first snow fall of the winter 2011 season at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered...
Bears enter Hyperphagia
Each fall, when the weather cools and the days grow shorter, grizzly bears enter a state known as hyperphagia....
Introducing Tyto - Barn Owl Wildlife Ambassador
Last month we adopted Tyto, a male Barn Owl (Tyto alba), as our new Wildlife Ambassador. Tyto was born at the...
Birds in Motion Finishes for the 2011 Season
This past Sunday marked the last of our Birds in Motion demonstrations for the 2011 season. It seems like just...
10th Anniversary for the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife
This week marked the 10th anniversary for the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife. The Refuge was...
Black-tailed Deer Enjoy Grazing on Grouse
Every year in the spring and summer, dozens of Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus columbianus) inhabit the slopes of...
Common Ravens - Frequent Visitors to Grizzly Bear Refuge
Every day around feeding time we see black wings approaching the Grizzly Bear Habitat. Several Common Ravens,...
Mortimer Spotted at Country Club
Mortimer the Yellow-bellied Marmot, who has been spotted in West Vancouver has decided it was time for a bit of a...
Mortimer the Yellow-bellied Marmot
A couple weeks back the North Shore News ran an article that told the saga of Mortimer Brown, a Yellow-bellied...