yelloWhead Integrated Approaches Toward Conserving Grizzly Bears On A HumanDominated Landscape Of Western Alberta Annual General Meeting Gordon Stenhouse October 11 th 2017 1 2 We have traditionally thought that human use and activities cannot take place on the same landscape o ID: 642627
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Grizzly-PAW: Grizzly Population Assessment in yelloWhead: Integrated Approaches Toward Conserving Grizzly Bears On A Human-Dominated Landscape Of Western Alberta.Annual General Meeting Gordon StenhouseOctober 11th 2017
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2We have traditionally thought that human use and activities cannot take place on the same landscape occupied by grizzly bears. We may need to rethink this assumption, if we can address human caused mortality issues.Slide3
3Study Area – BMA 3Why?Slide4
4Changes over 10+ years:Weyerhaeuser, West Fraser, AEP and Parks Canada – inventoryRecognition of the need to include Jasper National ParkSECR designs – reduced cost of inventorySlide5
External GeodatabaseGPS Collar LocationsCaptures
ConflictsMortalitiesOpportunisticRelocationsCensusTrackingCollar UploadsBiological SamplesEvent LocationsBody MeasurementsReproductive
Tags & TelemetryEVENTSBearsPhotosHealthGeneticsEVENTSFIELD DATA
Grizzly Bear Database – 20 years of dataSlide6
Good News!6Increasing populations are important for provincial recovery.But………………………..Slide7
7Unfortunately two points do not allow us to determine trendSlide8
fRI Role in NSERC/CRD8Bringing Key Players Together to achieve a Common GoalIndustry partnersAcademic researchers and bright graduate studentsEngaging with government managers on progress and results of applied research for conservation and recoveryCapture and collaring of research bears (data for research team use)Slide9
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