Jeff Gailus :: Writing :: Communications

The Grizzly Manifesto

In May 2010, my first book, The Grizzly Manifesto, will be published by Rocky Mountain Books. It is not the first book about bears I started, but it is the first one to see its way into print, and given the importance of the subject matter – namely, the politics of grizzly bear conservation in western North America – I’ll be embarking on a book and media tour shortly after its release.

This book is unique, I think, because it blends all that’s special and important about grizzly bears with my personal experiences as a journalist and conservationist. I've spent much of the last ten years learning about the people and political processes that are supposed to preserve grizzly bears and the habitat on which they depend. Sadly, the system seems terribly broken and ineffective, especially in Canada.

Visit The Grizzly Manifesto page for more details and excerpts from the book.

“Gailus's Manifesto is an up-to-date indictment of our failure as westerners to protect the utlimate symbol of wilderness, and makes hollow our claim to be a unique citizenry with a special connection to the land. Gailus delivers a left hook to Parks Canada's bogus claims to put conservation ahead of tourist development, and gives a well deserved right cross to our cynical Alberta Government, which seems bent on letting grizzly bears blink out into oblivion. If you care about wild bears and wild lands, read this book."

— Sid Marty, who recently won the Grant MacEwan Literary Arts Award, Albert'a most prestigous writing prize. His latest book, Black Grizzly at Whiskey Creek, was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award.