Devon Earl

Forest Conservation and defender of wild things with @WWFCanada. Tweets are my own.

MSc Ecology, BSc Environmental Science | she/her 🌲

[John E Marriott Photography @JohnEMarriott]

7000 hunters applied for the chance to kill Alberta grizzlies. Meanwhile, basically every authority on earth disagrees with the province on this (including AB's own provincial biologists and F&W officers).

https://t.co/kBOLr9JARf

[David Suzuki FDN @DavidSuzukiFDN]

Canada fails to include roads and logging scars in its deforestation tally, enabling it to report near-zero deforestation year after year.🤯Conservationists make the case on the importance of forest quality over quantity: https://t.co/en8nuKNzgt #StateOfTheForest #Biodiversity

[Devon Earl @DendroDev]

Climate change is a major driver of increasing wildfire risk, and any serious conversation about wildfire mitigation should discuss how to reduce emissions. Where appropriate, fire breaks around communities will help. Logging all AB’s mature forests will not.

[Devon Earl @DendroDev]

We do need to protect communities from wildfires. Here’s why logging is not the answer.🧵
https://t.co/kV826M5whL

[Devon Earl @DendroDev]

Managed forests have 50 percent less carbon stocks compared to unmanaged forests (Noormets et al. 2015). Because of this, protecting primary forests is an essential tool for mitigating climate change (Kun et al. 2020), which will in turn mitigate the risk of wildfires.

[David Suzuki FDN @DavidSuzukiFDN]

Canada: We’re going to plant a bunch of trees to combat climate change.
Also Canada: Allows the logging industry to continue its expansion into intact forests, while failing to account for accumulated forest degradation.
🤨🙄😑 https://t.co/8xg0RGlUgK #StateOfTheForest

[Devon Earl @DendroDev]

Grizzly bear biologists are calling out the Minister on his grizzly bear population and euthanasia numbers. Please write to Minister Loewen ([email protected]) and your MLA if you haven't already! #SaveABGrizzlies
https://t.co/QsXcSEPquD

[Sarah Elmeligi, MLA Banff-Kananaskis @ElmeligiSarah]

It was so nice to be a part of this show with @ryanjespersen on Real Talk. The whole show was a great discussion on what's at stake with these new regulations, how they won't work, and how they go against the current Alberta grizzly bear recovery plan.

[Devon Earl @DendroDev]

Let Minister Loewen know your thoughts about allowing members of the public to shoot grizzly bears (which he insists is not a hunt). AWA has set up a letter-writing template here: https://t.co/8Ejhkh4svr

[Sarah Elmeligi, MLA Banff-Kananaskis @ElmeligiSarah]

@JohnEMarriott @ryanjespersen @RealTalkRJ Looking forward to this! Also, here's my response as a bear biologist and NDP Critic of Environment and Tourism. I've been working on grizzly bear recovery in Alberta for over 15 years - this move is ridiculous. (I also make a great panelist with @JohnEMarriott ... just saying).

[Devon Earl @DendroDev]

@GagneRenaud Grizzly bears are listed as threatened under the Alberta Wildlife Act

[Devon Earl @DendroDev]

A limited Grizzly bear hunt has returned to Alberta. Let's be clear - this is a threatened species, and introducing a hunt is not going to reduce human-wildlife conflict.

[Alberta Wilderness Association @ABWilderness]

📻AWA's @DendroDev will be live on QR Calgary Radio at 1:30 MT today. Tune in to hear more about the issue

[Devon Earl @DendroDev]

@ViciousWood They do not have science to back up this decision. The bear biologists don't agree that this is the right choice.

[Devon Earl @DendroDev]

@MarcBurley5 1. Many Albertans recreate in bear country, and value grizzly bears. Bears also deserve to exist.
2. Science indicates that hunting does not reduce human-bear conflicts. There are several other approaches that do.

Decisions need to be based on actual robust evidence.

[Devon Earl @DendroDev]

Ministerial Order 43/2024: "The Minister may issue a grizzly bear management authorization for the purposes of hunting a grizzly bear..."

GoA News Release: "This is not a bear hunt"

Make it make sense, @YourAlberta #SaveABGrizzlies

[Alberta Wilderness Association @ABWilderness]

📻AWA's @DendroDev will be live on QR Calgary Radio at 1:30 MT today. Tune in to hear more about the issue