Photo: Canada's Huge New Preserve Protects Rare "Spirit Bears"

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A white spirit bear cub stands next to its black-furred mother in the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia.

The new nature preserve will encompass 15.5 million acres (6.3 million hectares) of the Canadian province's Pacific coast, 4.4 million acres (1.8 million hectares) of which will be completely off limits to loggers.

Photograph by Marvin Robinson

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