BEAR VIEWING GIVES BACK
The Grizzly Bear Foundation (GBF) and the Commercial Bear Viewing Association of BC (CBVA) are collaborating on a new and inspiring campaign, Bear Viewing Tourism Gives Back #GoBearViewing, to showcase the role of bear viewing ecotourism in grizzly bear conservation and the conservation economy.
Join us in an immersive experience to learn from passionate conservation ambassadors about bear biology, behaviour, and their vital role in our cultures and ecosystems.
- Taylor Green, Grizzly Bear Foundation Outreach & Communications Manager
- Katherine MacRae, Executive Director of the Commercial Bear Viewing Association
- Julius Strauss, GrizzCast Podcast
CONSERVATION AMBASSADORS
Learn about the importance of industry Best Practices and Code of Conduct
research
Immerse yourself in some of the science-based research the Conservation License Fee supports
THE GRIZZLY GUIDE
Are you a bear-viewing guide? Sign up for our new guide book to strengthen your knowledge of GBF and exercise greater stewardship
SHARE YOUR STORY
Share your personal stories, photos and videos from your on-the-ground bear viewing experience to raise awareness of the role of bear viewing in conservation
FROM THE FIELD
View and share advocacy stories from the field to connect with and build community
grizzly bear tours
Book with a member of the CBVA dedicated to our conservation efforts and keeping wild bears safe
CBVA MEMBERSHIP
If you are active in the bear viewing industry, become a CBVA member today to show a united business sector in bear viewing and bear stewardship
GUIDE CERTIFICATION
If you are active in the bear viewing industry, complete your guide certification today
SUPPORT OUR WORK
Support GBF research and help ensure the sustainability of bear viewing in British Columbia"These intimate firsthand experiences help us appreciate bears for who they are, from their unique personalities to their ecological roles, as well as the threats and challenges they face"
- Nicholas Scapillati, Executive Director of the Grizzly Bear Foundation
FROM THE FIELD
The Grizzly Bear Foundation presents GrizzCast, a podcast series featuring Indigenous leaders, war correspondents, hunters turned conservationists, National Geographic writers, fishers and foragers.
Tune into one of the episodes below to hear bear viewing guides share intimate and inspiring stories from the Pacific coast of British Columbia, the remote subarctic of the Northern Yukon, and one of the last remaining Inland Temperate Rainforests on Earth.
FEATURED Photos ARE by Connor Stefanison, TAYLOR GREEN, LINDSAY MARIE STEWART & MIKE CARTER