{"id":600378,"date":"2023-11-14T14:12:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T19:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/?p=600378"},"modified":"2024-08-16T11:43:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:43:24","slug":"grizzly-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/all\/grizzly-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the grizzly bear, American badger, and bighorn sheep!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Save the grizzly bear, American badger, and bighorn sheep!<\/strong> Hi, I\u2019m Julia Poetschke and I\u2019m a Land Stewardship Manager with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (or NCC for short!). I\u2019m working with a team of super- smart, super dedicated scientists and conservationists in the Rocky Mountain Trench, in British Columbia. The trench is a wildlife corridor that\u2019s home to all kinds of
animals, including grizzly bears, American badgers, and bighorn sheep! Grizzly bears can be brown to nearly black, with silvery-white longer hairs throughout their fur, giving them a \u201cgrizzled\u201d (gray-streaked) look. They live near rivers and streams and make their homes in dens on steep slopes, where they hibernate through the winter. Grizzly bears eat whatever food is available to them, including berries, grasses, and fish.

Before they hibernate, they eat A LOT to build up fat and store up energy. During the months they\u2019re hibernating, grizzly bears don\u2019t even go to the bathroom \u2014 now that\u2019s a deep sleep! American badgers live in forests and grasslands, and they\u2019re related to both otters and weasels. But don\u2019t let their cuddly appearance fool you: these ferret- family furballs are feisty foragers! Known as fossorial carnivores, American badgers are built to hunt underground prey. Their long snouts help them sniff out small rodents like voles and ground squirrels. The badgers\u2019 front claws can grow up to 2 inches long! Their claws help them tear through the soil to reach their buried buffet. Bighorn sheep are iconic mountain mammals.
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They\u2019re named for the male species\u2019 distinctive spiral horns, which can weigh up to 30 pounds! Did you know that they can balance on cliff sides as narrow as only 2 inches and can jump up to 20 feet between mountain ledges?! Scaling mountains isn\u2019t easy, but bighorn sheep are well adapted for this treacherous task. Their front hooves are bigger than their back hooves, and they have a hard outer rim and soft middle, providing traction that makes mountain climbing a breeze! Can you believe that these three animals, who are so different, all live in the same place? The Rocky Mountain Trench is an amazing geological formation \u2013 a long, deep valley that extends from Montana in the U.S. all the way to the top of British Columbia! It has a flat bottom and is surrounded by towering mountain ranges on both sides. The trench itself contains gorgeous forests, grasslands, and even wetlands, and is home to at least 29 endangered species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s truly a sight to behold! Unfortunately, like many of Earth\u2019s beautiful places, human activities and development are putting a strain
on the ecosystem. So, I\u2019m working with a team at NCC to protect and restore it, focused on a treed grassland area by the Kootenay River. And this might sound crazy, but we\u2019re doing it with: fire! Long ago, these treed grasslands regularly had natural, low-intensity wildfires that prevented them from filling in with dense trees. But when people moved into the area, they started to put out the fires as soon as they started. This caused the treed grasslands to transform into dense forest, which wasn\u2019t so great for native species like badgers, elk, deer, and many others who relied on the grasslands for habitat and grazing. So, using safe and controlled fire, the team and I are restoring the treed grasslands to their former glory. But we need help! Check out the Adoptions section in the Earth Rangers App or visit the Earth Rangers Shop to get your Grizzly Bear, American Badger, or Bighorn Sheep Adoption Kits. Make a difference today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Save the grizzly bear, American badger, and bighorn sheep! Hi, I\u2019m Julia Poetschke and I\u2019m a Land Stewardship Manager with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (or NCC for short!). I\u2019m working with a team of super- smart, super dedicated scientists and conservationists in the Rocky Mountain Trench, in British Columbia. The trench is a wildlife […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1631,931],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-ww-adoptions","category-all"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t