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other preparation behaviors.

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doing some light wrestling and play behaviors.  Coola can be seen below in the second video pawing at the bear bed and doing a bit of bed maintenance!This is the time of year where the bears will slowly begin to get more active.  Daylight and outside temperatures play a large role in the bear's activity level.  While we are still receiving a fair bit of new snow, the amount of daylight is lengthening

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ecology, behavior and conservation and over the years they have helped us educate millions of visitors to Grouse Mountain that the term ‘big bad wolf’ is a misnomer.  Our oldest wolf Beta will be 15 years old this April. If we take the standard ‘1 dog to 7 human years’ conversion, that’s over 100 years old! According to David Mech, a well known wolf biologist, the average lifespan for refuge wolves is

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will push that total up. Donations are also still being accepted online at seekthepeak.ca.“We are all inspired once again today, by everyone from the family of four tackling the course to honour the memory of the mom’s sister to the elite athletes pushing their way to the top,” added McLaughlin. “On behalf of Grouse Mountain, I would like to thank all our volunteers, racers and organizers for their

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which replenishes glycogen levels that we used during exercise. Before heading home I had a quick chat with Andrew about preworkout nutrition, BCAAs and Protein.Don’t forget to fit in those extra runs, Day 2 of training was quite a bit more grueling than Day 1 and we’ll all fall behind faster if we don’t keep up with that schedule... it was made for a reason! Stay tuned for some of the training that

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fascinating behaviors to watch and this den making and bed building are just some that stood out on a recent den inspection.  Hope you enjoy the photos!

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the opportunity to rest, fatten up and molt their feathers.  They all deserve it after a wonderful summer of demonstrations.Tens of thousands of visitors had the amazing experience this summer to see the birds, ranging from hawks, owls, falcons to eagles, fly in a natural setting with the amazing backdrop of Mount Baker behind them.  While this is definitely entertaining, our Birds in Motion

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look outside, or roll around in the snow that has blown into their bear den. Seeing this, we have begun our excavations of the bear's hibernation habitat adjacent to the bear den. This process will take up to two weeks and then we will put the fence up and allow the bears to official end their hibernation. For now we will continue to work at preparing their home and monitoring their behaviours.More

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being left behind each day which is a sign that the bears are happy with their weight and feel prepared for the upcoming winter. Yesterday we provided them with a huge mound of Silver-fir branches which they will drag into their sleeping quarters and use to create a mattress of branches for their long winter sleeps. As of this morning they have not begun to create a bed but it shouldn't be far off as

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at a time of 32:05. This is the third win in a row for Simpson and the second for Johnston. Over 500 ambitious hikers took on the challenge with race participants, ranging in age from six to 77. This year’s charitable recipient was, once again, The BC Lung Association. Race participants were asked to collect pledges on behalf of this very relevant organization and will continue to do so over the

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