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Grinder and coola emerge from their den 21st Hibernation comes to an end Today (April 28th) marked the end of Grinder and Coola's 21st hibernation period on Grouse Mountain!Both bears went into the den on November 8th, 2021, which was our earliest start to hibernation in their time here on Grouse Mountain. After 171 days in the den, they were sure excited to dig out and get into the all fresh

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Grinder and coola prepare for winter  Yesterday marked the beginning of official winter preparations for our two resident Grizzly Bears, Grinder and Coola.  The bears were moved into their hibernation habitat where they will prepare their den for their long winter sleep. Both bears have been gaining weight steadily since early September and as of yesterday Coola weighed in at 1013 pounds and

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Happy 20th Bearthday Grinder and Coola! a january birthday January each year marks another birthday for both of our two bears Grinder, and Coola as all young grizzly bear cubs are born inside the den in the early winter months. Female Grizzlies will give birth to one to three cubs inside the den as a protective measure to allow the young bears a chance to nurse and grow before heading out into

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Happy New Year To our Grouse Mountain Community, As we come to the end of the year, I want to take a moment to reflect on both the unprecedented challenges we faced as well as the accomplishments we achieved together. Looking back to the beginning of 2020, the winter season was off to a fabulous start. Our annual Family Day celebration and 24 Hours of Winter were both great successes and we were

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OFFICIAL RESULTS Female1st Place: Frederique Joncas2nd Place: Sara Niblock3rd Place: Kate MacmillanMale1st Place: Pierce Smith2nd Place: Darren Smith3rd Place: William Hooley Name 1st Run 2nd Run Evan Barker 28.47 37.22 Andrew Bibby 29.77 28.91 Christian Blanchard 30.63 32.19 Kody Botteril 26.59 27.91 Mark Bramwell

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First hummingbird monitoring session of 2021 held Yesterday morning we held our first Hummingbird Monitoring and Banding session of the year here at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.  It was our first session since August of 2019 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and it did not disappoint!Grouse Mountain is part of the Hummingbird Monitoring Network which has a group of monitoring

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Grinder and coola enter their upper pond habitat Bear habitat expanded Today marks the entrance of Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, into their 2.5 acre Upper Pond Habitat for the first time in 2021.  Both bears emerged from hibernation this year on April 29th and have spent the last three weeks in their Hibernation Habitat as we prepared part of their larger space.  Each year

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Grinder and Coola emerge from 20th Hibernation Longest Hibernation Today marks the end of the longest hibernation period yet at Grouse Mountain for our two resident Grizzly Bears - Grinder and Coola. They went into their den and sleeping chamber on November 10th, 2020 and emerged today on April 29th, 2021. This is a period of 170 days and beats the previous record of 153 days set in 2017

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Grinder and Coola Weigh In Grinder and Coola, our two resident bears, are doing well now that they have emerged from their 2019/2020 hibernation on April 21st after a 144 day winter dormancy period.  On the day they emerged both bears were too excited to sit still on our weigh scale but since then we have started their daily routine of sitting for wildlife staff to record their weight.  Grinder

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Bears begin 20th hibernation period On Tuesday, November 10th, Grinder and Coola entered their 20th Hibernation Period on Grouse Mountain!  Both bears had been growing increasingly sluggish and were spending more and more time inside their den as the weather became cooler and snow started to fall.  They had also completed construction on their winter bed after dragging in lots of Pacific Silver

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