about the  SPIRIT BEAR

DESCRIPTION
This gentle, very rare sub-species of the black bear has won my heart. It's formal name is the Kermode bear. He lives in the beautiful temperate rainforest of  B.C. and is
uniquely Canadian. Thanks in part, to our Premier the right Honorable Gordon Campbell the Spirit Bear has become our official Provincial animal.
At first glance you may compare the "Spirit Bear" to an artic polar bear, but our white bear is much smaller, rarely exceeding 400lbs. Neither is he an Albino. Two black bears must both carry this particular recessive gene in order to produce a white off-spring.

HABITAT
On Princess Royal  Island, where they have lived for thousands of years, there is a
very high concentration of these rare white bears, probably because of the islands isolation.
.The range of habitat is from Princess Royal Island to East Hazelton, Terrace and Prince Rupert Island.

PROTECTION OF  HABITAT
I , for one,  believe that the "Raven's Decree" will guarantee the safety of the Spirit Bear
on Princess Royal Island. The island has a  10,000 year old forest which is
home to this very rare Canadian Kermode bear

On 4th. April 2001 the provincial government announced the ban on logging in the entire Great Bear Rainforest. All sides have agreed to this new plan. This area will be protected, which includes the habitat of the Spirit Bear

info on the Kermode (Spirit) bear
 my vision for a spirit bear sanctuary
  interpretation of the LIFE CYCLE

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