Corridors for coexistence

American Black Bear on the Sunshine Coast:

Threats, Guidelines and

Management in Urban Areas

Partners in this project share the belief that coexistence with Sunshine Coast black bears and habitat preservation is vital to everyone’s well-being.
Black bears on the Sunshine Coast face a range of interconnected pressures, including habitat loss and increasing human-wildlife interactions. Disturbed critical habitat areas take too long to regenerate on their own and mitigation efforts in the aftermath are not sustainable. These challenges become more manageable through thoughtful, forward-looking planning.
Corridors for Coexistence offers practical tools such as; ‘Develop with Care’ guidelines, habitat mapping, and local policy recommendations that help support development while considering the needs of black bears and other wildlife. By aligning land use decisions with conservation priorities, we can build ecological resilience and help ensure that black bears remain part of the landscape on the Sunshine Coast.

The Sunshine Coast Bear Alliance Society would like to express our utmost gratitude to our generous funding partners, contributors and collaborators.

To our collaborators

We extend our sincere appreciation to Bailey Environmental Consulting Inc. for the care and expertise they brought to this project, and to Baden Cross of Applied Conservation GIS for creating a vivid and meaningful mapping atlas that brings the landscape of bears and their challenges to life. We are very grateful to Wayne McCrory of McCrory Wildlife Services Ltd. for his expert insights into black bear denning habitat. We also appreciate the generous support of the Sunshine Coast Community Forest for sharing mapping data and the Sechelt Conservation Officer Service for sharing black bear data.To everyone who shared their time, knowledge, and support — thank you. Your contributions made this work possible.

Read Corridors for Coexistence HERE or click on the bears below.