{"product_id":"the-great-bear-rainforest-canadas-forgotten-coast","title":"The Great Bear Rainforest: Canada's Forgotten Coast","description":"\u003cp\u003eENTER THE GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST  The southern half of Canadas west coast is justly famous for its fabulous scenery and pitched battles to save remnants of its magnificent coniferous forest-but what about the northern half? Between Vancouver island and Alaska  the mainland BC coast winds through a 250-mile wonderland of forested islands and inlets every bit as enchanting as the southern half  but still very much as nature created it  a wonderfully complex and delicate rainforest masterpiece ten thousand years in the making. The area is one of the northern hemispheres richest unprotected wildlife habitats  the home of Canadas largest grizzly bears as well as the rare all-white spirit or Kermode bear.  Ian and Karen McAllister  both environmental campaigners  have spent over ten years exploring  photographing and researching this once-forgotten coast. The book contains over 150 stunning colour photographs  including some of the most extraordinary images of wild bears ever seen in print  lush river valleys where grizzly bears feast on salmon  dramatic Coast Range mountaintops  exotic plants of the ancient rainforest  and some of the most magnificent coastline in Canada. With these photographs  a personable  informative commentary by Ian and Karen and environmental writer Cameron Young  and full-colour maps and drawings  this book is the first to unveil the beauty and magnificence of this unique place.  Since 1990  fourteen large rainforest valleys on the mainland coast of British Columbia have been lost to industrial logging. The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest aided Greenpeace  the Sierra Club  Ian and Karen McAllisters Raincoast Preservation Society and other environmental groups successfully lobby BCs provincial government for a moratorium on grizzly-bear hunting and the protection of a large portion of the area as parkland in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955520466997,"sku":"ByrdShop_1550171666","price":49.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781550171662.jpg?v=1770309909","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-great-bear-rainforest-canadas-forgotten-coast","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}