Rossland Radio Co-op your voice in the wilderness

Remember, this show is bi-weekly and today's guests are Lori Homstal and Gerald Shaffer. Tune in live or download it from the archives. Cheers.

Check it out live from 1-2pm. We'll talk about the Whistler 'Get Bear Smart' program. Don't forget about the archives if you miss this or any of the programs on RRC.

Richard Daloise helped to start the Bear Aware program about ten years ago. He's seen many changes in the way the Province deals with bear conservation and has served as a director on the Provincial Bear Aware advisory committee. Robert Newell is a Masters student and has helped deliver the Bear Aware program for two years now. He has developed a board game and a CD for kids. Join me for these two interviews WEDNESDAY JUNE 18 from 1-2pm.

In order to ensure quality programming that fits in with my schedule I am paring down the DJ Anonymous show. This is the longest running free music show on the Rossland Radio Cooperative and will continue on a one our basis starting next week. Thanks for listening.

Tune in on the 4th of June for the first in the season's series. Stay posted for details on that. New shows will be heard every second week with a repeat of the previous week's show in between. Download or listen to shows on the archives here on the Rossland Radio Cooperative.

The provincial coordinator of the Bear Aware program will be joining me this episode. We will talk about the program, what it does and where it's going, bear stories, diversionary feeding and more. Tune in or hit it on the archives after the show!

Ethnobotanist, ecological consultant and wildberry expert Michael Keefer shares his knowledge of our local bear population's favorite food. Learn about berry biology, how human harvesting affects wildlife, first nation's uses of this food source and the future of this wild crop. Tune in Wednesday from 2-3pm or download it from the archives.

Join me this week as I have Christine McIntyre (Bear Aware Castlegar) on the show. She will be talking about the new bear attractant by-law in Castlegar this week. Also, learn the truth about the rumours of a bear attack just north of Nelson last week. Listen 2-3pm Wednesday or download it from the archives.

July 8th join me as I interview Carrie Hunt (LIVE) from the Wind River Bear Institute. We will be talking about the Karelian Bear Dogs that she raises, and their uses in wildlife conflict resolution. You can download it after the show from our archives too!

Join me July 26th as I interview Simon Jackson, the founder of the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition. This is a conservation initiative with over 5 million supporters worldwide. A full length hollywood animated movie called "The Spirit Bear" will be released in the spring of 2008 and proceeds will be used to help the initiative to conserve a large area of land in BC's northwest. Heard here on Rossland Radio.