Dispatch #1: Grizzly Bears on the Move — Texada Island | Erik Blaney

GrizzCast is back — with a new season and a new sense of urgency 🐻🎧 

Welcome to our first-ever GrizzCast Dispatch — short-format, real-time episodes on urgent grizzly bear conservation stories.

In our first Dispatch series, Nicholas Scapillati investigates the remarkable journey of Tex — a young male grizzly bear who swam across the Salish Sea and made it to Texada Island. His presence has sparked debate, concern, and Indigenous-led calls for a new model of coexistence.

We first speak with Tiy’ap thote – Erik Blaney of the Tla’amin Nation and the shishalh Nation’s resource stewardship team — who joins us to explore how Indigenous leadership is helping shape Tex’s future. From policy to culture, and traditional ecological knowledge to modern translocation planning, this is a story of hope, self-determination, and action.

This is the first of many timely updates you’ll hear between our deep-dive feature episodes.

🔔 Subscribe to GrizzCast: Season 2 officially launches later this summer and more Dispatches are on the way — including behind-the-scenes updates, interviews with Conservation Officers and scientists, and what's next for Tex. Don’t miss out.

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