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Van Isle 360

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I love Canadian Geographic's interactive iPad edition--check out June's VanIsle 360 story. I spent two weeks hopping from boat to boat during this amazing race in the wild waters around Vancouver Island. Huge thanks to the crews for squeezing me into the already tight boats. Colangelo_Canadian_Geographic_Van_Isle_360

BC Magazine Cover

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Beautiful beaches, beautiful people, and close to home. Shooting the cover for British Columbia Magazine's Best of Vancouver Beaches story wasn't a bad way to start the summer. 2013-06-01 BC Mag - Beaches

Re-establishing elk populations along BC coast

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Last January I was assigned to shoot a team of wildlife biologists relocating Roosevelt elk 250km up the BC coast via barge in an effort to re-establish the blue-listed species in its traditional habitat. The challenge was that there were few opportunities to actually see the elk. Weeks of work baiting elk into corrals couldn't be compromised by my presence, the trapping and releasing would be over in a flash and occur mostly at night, and during transport the elk were held in a truck and not to be disturbed.

To work within these restrictions, I relied heavily on remotely-triggered cameras and camera traps. Running through the steps of the trap and release with the team beforehand, I was able to attach cameras in and around the truck and corral to be triggered during the action via radio. To capture images of the elk entering the baited corrals, I set up camera traps, which are triggered by movement.

This successful program has re-established elk populations in 21 locations in southwestern BC. It was great to share a few days with this dedicated team of biologists.

*composite image to include each elk released