COAST to CASCADES hired a new Outreach Coordinator for the campaign in August of this year.  Claire Ruddy is based in Whistler and helped organise the hugely successful 'Night with Grizzlies' event we hosted in April, which (rather helpfully) meant she was able to hit the ground running.  With summer markets and events in full swing we booked into events all along the Sea-to-Sky from Squamish to Lillooet.

Fueled by the US National Park Service the US Federal government has decided to take the significant first step to restore grizzly bears to the Washington Cascades. Cascades grizzlies are critically endangered with only a handful of animals in the entire Cascades range. Thousands of grizzlies once roamed these rugged mountains and valleys.

Last summer, some members of the Coast to Cascades team were fortunate enough to go on their first official trip - a tour around the Lillooet and Pemberton areas. Our trip took us to striking locations near sun-soaked lakes and rivers where we met with bear biologists, members of the Pemberton Wildlife Association, and other locals to learn about the grizzly bears’ habitat needs, threats they are facing, and the potential for their recovery.