Marmots phooey. We are getting grizzly bears wandering about the Sunshine Coast now!...
Update - a black bear carcass was just found, evidence points to it being killed by a grizzly!
Greetings,
A happy marmot family...
They do look like a Nutria except with a furry tail vs. the rat tail of Nutria. I haven't tried Nutria yet, friends tell me they are pretty good but need lots of prep and there isn't much meat on them once cleaned.
There are so many Nutria in Louisiana their burrows cause damage tp the levee systems, there is a bounty on them now, bring in a tail, get $5.00.
Murray, there is no history of Grizzlies ever on the Sunshine Coast QUOTE]
One hundred years ago the loggers in the area made sure of it
Apparently, grizzlies did live on BC's sunshine coast:
Grizzly Bear Population Status in B.C.
Grizzly bears are extirpated (absent) from much of their southern range in the USA, as well as several areas in British Columbia:
* The dry southern-central interior from the US border to north of Quesnel
* The Peace Lowlands around Ft. St. John and Dawson Creek
* The lower Fraser Valley/Lower Mainland and the Sunshine Coast