We don’t know what we don’t know!
In Scotland, UK hills once abounded with Grey Wolf, Eurasian Lynx, Wild Boar, Osprey and Moose. The Alps and Europe were once home to Brown Bears, Grey Wolves, Lynx and Golden Eagles. None exist there today.
As we continue to develop, change and generally impact the land we share with our wild neighbours, we need to -Think Wild.
Bragg Creek Wild advocates for wildlife and their habitats by preserving connectivity, promoting safe wildlife routes and providing public education to reduce human-wildlife conflict.
As people, we tend to act first and ask questions after. In terms of getting things done, the approach has merit. However, this method has the potential for negative and long-lasting consequences when it comes to our environment and the wildlife we share it with.
Individuals, business owners and organizations can make positive impacts when we build time into our projects at the front end for consultation and collaboration.
Bragg Creek Wild is a resource for anyone wanting to discuss how to minimize the impact on wildlife connectivity and habitat and ensure safety by reducing the potential for human-wildlife conflict.
In practice, it might mean connecting you with local experts who can advise and help you understand the best way to go about something as simple as building a wild- friendly fence to enable wildlife to keep moving without getting stuck or caught up. Or, connecting you with a company to conduct an environmental impact study so that we can understand what wildlife live, migrate through, rest, hunt, access water or food from the area?
Bragg Creek Wild encourages every venture, no matter the scale, to build in the time to discover and understand what we don’t yet know. Once we have understood what exists today, we can mitigate issues the project may have created for our wild neighbours.
The cost of continued doing without first understanding is to assume wildlife and habitat will continue to adapt to whatever we put it’s way. Europe shows us it will until it no longer can.
We look forward to collaborating with you.
Bragg Creek Wild – www.braggcreekwild.ca braggcreekwild@gmail.com – 403-200-9961
People and wildlife living in community
