About The Grizzlar

The Grizzlar is an independent editorial focused on the wildlife, national parks, and wild lands of North America. The publication covers five main beats: grizzly bears and the ecology of their range, the national parks of Canada and the United States, wildlife photography in the field, bear safety and backcountry preparation, and the wilderness regions of Canada that lie beyond the park boundaries.

The editorial position is straightforward. North America has more intact wilderness — more functioning ecosystems with their full complement of wildlife — than almost any other inhabited continent. This is not a historical accident. It is the result of deliberate conservation effort, Indigenous stewardship, and the protection of land at a scale that nowhere else has consistently achieved. Documenting that landscape, the creatures that inhabit it, and the ongoing work required to maintain it, is the purpose of this publication.

Coverage draws on peer-reviewed ecology and conservation biology, government wildlife monitoring programmes, field documentation, and the long literature of North American natural history. Where sources are cited they are linked directly. Where claims are made about species behaviour, population estimates, or conservation status, they reflect the current published science rather than anecdote.

The name requires no explanation to anyone who has spent time in the mountain west.

Editorial Standards

Wildlife content is reviewed against current IUCN, COSEWIC, and NPS/Parks Canada source material. Figures for population estimates reflect agency data rather than advocacy estimates. Practical guidance — on bear safety, photography ethics, backcountry travel — reflects the current recommendations of Parks Canada, the US National Park Service, and the research literature.

The Grizzlar carries no advertising and is funded entirely through the publication itself. There are no affiliate links, no sponsored content, and no commercial arrangements with the parks, outfitters, or equipment manufacturers mentioned in articles.

Contact

Editorial correspondence: [email protected]