International Bear News Quarterly Newsletter of the International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA) and the IUCN/SSC Bear Specialist Group November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4

Council News 2 From the President: CHALLENGE GRANT, Conservation, Elections, Bylaw, Actions, Conferences, In Memory: Ross & Treadwell 4 Opposition Statement to Proposed Bylaw Change Versus Dedicated Seats in Council to Secure Global Representation 6 IBA Grants Program: CHALLENGE GRANT, Effectiveness, Deadline, Photos, Bolivia Project 7 Bear Specialist Group and Expert Teams 8 In Memory: Ian Ross & Timothy Treadwell Opportunity 10 Florida Bear Management Position Americas 11 Modeling Fragmentation Patterns, Andean Bears in Bolivia 12 Island's First Grizzly Shot & Western USA/Canada: Lake Louise Fences & #56 13 McNeil River Bear Viewing Permits & Pacific Coast: Grizzly Outreach Expands 14 Piggyback Bears in the Swim & Northcentral USA: Minnesota Non-fatal Bear Attack 15 Southeast USA: Florida, Military Habitat, Landowner Program, Virginia Bear Study 18 Southwest USA: Blacks Bears in Big Bend National Park Eurasia 19 India Poachers Target Bears & First Scandinavian Bear Project PhD 20 Future for Pyrenees' Brown Bears? & What Happens to Two-year-olds? 21 Croatia: Green Bridges & New Bear Monitoring Student Forum 23 Student List Serve (Truman), San Diego: Proposals & Poster, The Presumption of Assumption Bears in Culture 27 Barney, Fozzie, Pooh and Paddington Communications 26 Book Review: The History of Bears on the Kodiak Archipelago 27 New Release: Living with Bears 28 Safety in Bear Country Society Activity & View Polar Bear Migration on Web & Bear Research on Web 29 San Diego: Want to Chew the Fat on Bear Foods? & Andean Bears on the Web Events 30 16th IBA Conf., 18th E. & 9th W. Black Bear Wkshps. 31 AZA Regionals, Carnivores 2004, DNA Methods Course 32 Int'l Polar Bear Husbandry Conference 33 FIFTEENTH IBA CONFERENCE: Information, Travel Grants, Program & Registration IBA 40 IBA Contact Information 41 IBA Membership Application 43 IBA Publications Order Form Back Cover About IBA & Mission Statement

© Magda Sindicic Djuro Huber (IBA Councilor) and bear with GPS-GSM collar (pages 21-22).

IBA website: www.bearbiology.org/www.bearbiology.com Council News From the President

Harry Reynolds the Bear Specialist Group Expert President: Alaska Department of Fish and Game Teams (Expert Teams), IBA Grants Harry Reynolds and Mike Vaughan 1300 College Road Program and IBA Economic Develop- Vice President-Americas: Fairbanks, AK 99701, USA ment Committee in concert to secure Craig McLaughlin and Karen Noyce Phone (907) 459-7238 the continued existence of bear Secretary: Joe Clark Fax (907) 451-9723 populations for the future. Fred Dean Treasurer: Email chairs the IBA Grants Program Com- Mark Haroldson and Frank van Manen [email protected] mittee and Karen Noyce chairs the Councilors (three seats open): Economic Development Committee. Matt Austin, Glen Contreras, Cecily CHALLENGE GRANT— Chairs of the Bear Specialist Group Costello, Andrew Derocher, John Doing Your Part for Bears Expert Teams are listed on page 7. Hechtel, David Mattson, Lynn An anonymous benefactor has The Council will provide oversight Rogers and Ole Jakob Sorensen. again offered to match up to $10,000 and direction. The Expert Teams will The bylaws provide that additional of donations made to IBA for support identify and update important issues nominations can be made by any of bear conservation actions by necessary to achieve bear conserva- member to IBA Secretary Joe Clark December 31, 2003. Last year, tion for each species. The Expert (contact information on page 40), 90 members matched a similar donation Teams will identify, solicit, broadly days prior to the conference (Novem- and IBA, with funds from the John prioritize and endorse proposals/ ber 10, 2003). Candidate statements Sheldon Bevins Memorial Founda- actions that promise to effectively (maximum 250 words) and written tion, was able to make eight awards address those issues. These proposals agreement to actively accept the to further our mission for science- will be submitted to the Grants duties and responsibilities of office based conservation and restoration Program Committee for independent are due by November 10, 2003. of the world’s bears. consideration of scientific and Completed mail ballots must be What will be responsible for conservation merit for funding. The returned to Teresa DeLorenzo, making bear populations disappear Grants Program Committee will Nominating Committee member, from presently occupied habitats in continue to consider proposals from prior to the conference. This duty the next 50 to 100 years? What steps individuals outside of this process. would normally be the Secretary’s. can be taken to stop habitat loss and The Expert Team and Grants Program However, since Joe is a candidate for bear mortality? Recipients of our procedures will be open and orga- office, Teresa will receive ballots and awards are addressing the informa- nized so that no favoritism or deliver them unopened to members tion needs and actions that will be individual advantage is allowed. The of the Nominating Committee, who crucial to maintaining bears in the Economic Development Committee will open and tabulate them. future. But, to do so, more than your will seek funding for these programs. dedication is necessary. Do your part We hope to interest other conservation Proposed Bylaw Change for bear conservation and send a organizations in utilizing the findings IBA is dedicated to conservation tax-deductible donation to meet of the IBA Grants Program and the and restoration of the world’s bears the challenge. Use the form and Expert Teams to cooperatively fund through science-based research, envelope inserted in this newslet- and/or address actions with IBA. management and education. Follow- ter or the form on page 41. We can ing a number of requests to address a be proud of the fact that we are a IBA Council Elections perceived imbalance of representa- volunteer organization—all dona- A new Council term will begin at tion on Council from some regions tions will go to bears. the 15th International Conference of the world, the Council spent for Bear Research and Management almost a month discussing and Building Bear Conservation in San Diego. The IBA President, Vice debating this question and decided IBA has begun to more effectively President-Americas, Secretary, to take this important matter to IBA direct scientific research, manage- Treasurer, and three Council posi- members for a vote. We discussed, ment and educational programs tions will be elected by mail ballot amended and voted on the wording where they will do the most good for that you will receive in November. that will be included for members’ bear conservation. We intend to Current candidates are: consideration on the November mail focus the actions of the IBA Council, ballot.

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The present and proposed bylaw Council Actions: Remember, there have been changes are included on pages 4-5 with USA Baiting & B.C. Grizzlies in passport and visa requirements in statements in favor of the amend- Council prepared two letters the USA that may result in lengthy ment by Jon Swenson, and opposed regarding bear management or application periods. Check http:// (which would reject the change and conservation. The first was to urge travel.state.gov/visa_services.html, retain the present bylaw) by Sterling the U.S. Congress to oppose House www.usvisa.gov, call U.S. Visa Services Miller. Please read these carefully. bill 1472 that would have outlawed (202) 663-1225, or contact your local The present bylaw allows the the use of baits for hunting American embassy consular. Contact conference President, Secretary, and five Council- black bears on federal lands. Council chair Doug Updike ([email protected]) ors to be elected from any region of opposed this legislation because if you need a letter of invitation or the world. (The past president also hunted black bear populations are other assistance. serves as a Councilor; if re-elected, the healthy and growing under current The 17th IBA conference will be number of Councilors elected would state management that is keyed to held in Trento, Italy, September 26- be six instead of five.) The Vice local conditions. Baiting is the most October 1, 2005. Organizers Piero President-Americas must reside in the effective method of achieving desired Genovesi, Claudio Groff, and Americas and the Vice President- harvest levels in some locales. We Romano Masé are off to a great start, Eurasia must reside in Eurasia. Because urged Congress to continue to defer so plan ahead! See page 30. the Treasurer has to deal with IBA’s to states and local citizens in deci- Japan will present a bid to host a USA non-profit tax status, that sions regarding what bear hunting conference in 2006 to Council at the individual has always resided in the methods constitute fair chase and San Diego meeting. Others interested USA, although the current bylaw does will or will not be allowed. in submitting a bid for 2006 or not require it. In addition, when it The second letter urged the beyond, please contact me, any recognizes that regional representation government of British Columbia to Council member, or bring your is inadequate, Council may select and augment a small isolated grizzly bear presentation before Council at San appoint up to two additional members. population in the North Cascades Diego. Mike Vaughan, with help The proposed bylaw change would Mountains. The present population from past organizers, has prepared add one Councilor position, and is about 25 animals and the loss of the IBA Conference Guidelines to help designate seven “at-large” and seven only a few could lead to extirpation. anyone interested in hosting a “dedicated” positions. At-large Council We supported a draft plan to aug- conference. members, as at present, could reside in ment the population by five bears any region of the world. These would per year for the next five years, In Memory: Ross & Treadwell include President, Secretary, and five under the condition that this be This year, IBA lost two of its Councilors (including the past done in concert with strategic land members in distant parts of the president). Dedicated positions would use programs to improve human world. Ian Ross and Timothy include Vice President-Americas, Vice sanitation and education, connectiv- Treadwell held widely different President-Eurasia, Treasurer (USA ity to other bear populations and beliefs in their approach to bears and only), Councilor-Asia, Councilor- reductions in road density. bear conservation. Ian Ross was a Europe, Councilor-Latin America, and The letters are posted on the IBA consummate wildlife researcher, Councilor-North America. Presently website, www.bearbiology.org. using the scientific method to members elect five Councilors and the increase ecological understanding IBA Council can appoint two. Under International Conferences that can lead to effective bear this bylaw change, the membership We are all awaiting what promises management in our society. Timothy would elect a total of eight Councilors, to be an excellent 15th international Treadwell was a writer and photogra- four from any region (at-large) and conference in San Diego, USA, pher who used his talents to introduce four from specific regions (dedicated), February 8-13, 2004 (see pages 33-39) the uninformed public to bears. His but the Council would no longer and the International Polar Bear methods were unconventional and appoint two additional individuals. Husbandry Conference held at the often debated, but his dedication to IBA members would vote for all same place February 4-7 (see page bears was not. IBA extends our respect candidates, both at-large and dedi- 32). Register to attend and make your and sympathy to their loved ones for cated positions. travel plans now. these tragic losses. See pages 8-9.

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 3 Council News Opposition Statement to Proposed Bylaw Change Present Bylaw: Article III. Organization, Section 1. The Council, Clause A. Composition The Council shall be composed of five officers: President, Vice President (Americas), Vice President (Eurasia), Secretary, and Trea- surer; and six Council members, five elected by the membership of the Association. The sixth shall be the past President unless he/she is elected to another office, in which case six Council members will be elected. The IBA recognizes that when regional representation is inadequate, the Council may appoint up to two (2) additional voting members. In the further interest of achieving better representa- tion and more knowledgeable input for international concerns of bear conservation, one vice president will be elected from Eurasia and one from the Americas.

Sterling Miller the membership has subsequently choice must be constrained in order IBA Vice President for Americas elected him to a Council position. Jon that bear experts living outside of Swenson of Norway was elected to an North America can be elected. This statement of opposition to open seat on Council. These votes Although it may be true that people the proposed bylaw change is signed illustrate that the membership has and will vote preferentially for people by all of Presidents of the IBA since it likely will continue to elect capable they know best, this is not a flaw. A was founded through 1997. We urge and qualified individuals who have fix that forces members to vote for the membership to vote against the demonstrated their ability to contrib- people they know poorly won’t help proposed bylaw change that would ute even if these individuals live far make Council better. limit the ability of the membership from where the bulk of the member- The IBA is the parent organization to vote for persons they think are the ship resides, without the need to to the IUCN bear specialists group best qualified to represent them on artificially constrain their choices. which does have a geographic the Council of the IBA. We believe The proposal currently before the orientation based on species of bear. the proposed bylaw change would membership is better than the one This group is the appropriate place to hamper effective governance of the originally proposed by Harry assure that that species-specific IBA rather than improve it. No Reynolds. This proposal would have inputs are considered on technical/ organization can benefit by selecting had only 2 at-large seats plus 3 political issues that involve a bear leaders from a pool of candidates geographically-dedicated seats for species or specific geographic area. that is artificially constrained by Council. This proposal would have The IBA Council almost never deals some arbitrary criteria (in this case included geographically-designated with issues where local residency in a where a candidate happens to live) seats for Europe, South America, and geographic area is necessary or an rather than by the candidate’s ability Asia but not from North America asset. All issues we can think of that and interest in making the IBA the where more than 75% of IBA mem- Council has addressed have been best possible organization. The IBA bers live. Harry’s original proposal best addressed by having the best has become a strong international would have left only one open seat available people address them. organization without the need to in each election that candidates from Should specific knowledge of a local limit the membership’s ability to North American could be elected to issue be required (such as the vote for the best available candidates and these candidates would have had Slovenia hunting issue), Council has regardless of where they live; the to compete with the rest of the world reached out to members with membership should be leery of fixing for this open seat. This original expertise on this topic. It did not something that isn’t broken. proposal was modified by an amend- require a Council member from The proposed bylaw change would ment offered by John Hechtel so that Slovenia to do this. force the nominations committee to there were more at-large seats to Signed: find at least 2 candidates from areas which anyone in the world could be Sterling Miller with designated seats and one of these elected but this change still did not (IBA President 1995-1997) candidates would lose. We believe the include a dedicated seat for North Mike Pelton current system is more workable. The America. More recently, based on a (IBA President 1983-1985 & 1992-1994) current system allows the IBA Council motion from Djuro Huber, Council Al LeCount to appoint up to 2 additional Council approved modifying this proposal (IBA President 1989-1991) members “when regional representa- further before sending it to the Steve Herrero tion is inadequate” on Council. In membership by converting one of (IBA President 1986-1988) making these appointments, Council the at-large seats to a dedicated seat John Beecham can choose individuals that they know for North America. (IBA President 1980-1982) are willing and able to provide The proposed bylaw change Chuck Jonkel valuable perspectives and services to presumes that the IBA membership is (IBA President 1977-1979) the IBA. Djuro Huber of Croatia was too parochial to vote for persons initially appointed on this basis and outside of their own region and their

4 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Council News Dedicated Seats in Council to Secure Global Representation Proposed Bylaw Change, Article III. Organization, Section 1. The Council, Clause A. Composition The Council shall be composed of five officers: President, Vice President (Americas), Vice President (Eurasia), Secretary, and Treasurer; and nine Council members, eight elected by the membership of the Association. The ninth shall be the past President unless he/she is elected to another office, in which case nine Council members will be elected. In the further interest of achieving better representation and more knowledgeable input for international concerns of bear conservation, officers and councilors will be elected to At-large or Dedicated seats. At-large Council members may reside in any region of the world. Dedicated-seat Council members must reside and work in specific regions. At-large positions will include President, Secretary, and 4 Council seats. Dedicated positions will include Vice-president Americas, Vice-president Eurasia, Treasurer (USA only, to maintain non-profit organization status) and 4 Council seats (Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America). Vice President (Eurasia), dedicated seats for Europe and Asia as well as 2 At-large councilor seats will be elected in conjunction with the Eurasia conference; President, Vice President (Americas), Secretary, Treasurer, dedicated seats for Latin and North America as well as 2 At-large councilor seats will be elected in conjunction with the Americas conference.

Jon Swenson members should be allowed to elect councilor each from North America, IBA Vice President for Eurasia international representatives rather South America, Europe, and Asia, one than have Council appoint them. Vice President each from the Americas I encourage the membership to Seven of eight bear species occur and Eurasia, and the Treasurer from the vote for the bylaw change, to outside North America and many of USA) and seven at-large seats. Council establish geographically designated their populations are really in trouble. composition will still reflect the seats on the IBA Council. Local knowledge is necessary for effective membership’s composition, because The IBA has always been interna- conservation because bear-human three of these seats are effectively tional, but dominated by North Ameri- conflicts always occur within local and designated for North Americans and the cans, both in membership and among national socio-economic frameworks. great majority of the seven at-large seats elected members of Council. This is International representation helps the will most likely continue to be filled by natural. For example, the research-based Council reduce these conflicts in two North Americans. wildlife management by public agencies, ways: expertise based on first-hand This proposed Bylaw change is the with better funding than in most other knowledge of regional bear conservation result of considerable debate and countries, has long promoted advanced issues is more useful than second-hand revision by the IBA Council, based on research on bears. Of course, attending reports, and a councilor is most often a realization that the IBA must address meetings and otherwise getting to know more effective in dealing with an issue if the issue of improved global represen- one’s colleagues within a region, results he/she is from the region. Likewise tation. A majority of Council voted in in voting for individuals one knows, i.e. North Americans can learn new ways to favor of increasing the number of from that region. There are fewer IBA address their own research and manage- dedicated seats on Council, but the members outside North America, but the ment problems from experiences outside motion did not receive enough votes conservation concerns they must address North America. This increases the clout to change the Bylaw. Several council- are often more critical to population of the IBA in effectively addressing ors wanted the membership to address survival. Yet, because of their fewer critical conservation issues for all bear this question. The Council has also numbers, it is less likely that they can be species, which is our mission. approved the wording of the Bylaw elected to IBA office. In addition, One step to increase international amendment that is before you. membership by non-North Americans representation is to make half of the In my view, the proposed change has been hampered by the fact that seats in the IBA Council designated to has several advantages: 1) IBA mem- many bear biologists still regard the IBA region. Designated seats are not a bers will be able to vote for all candi- as a North American organization, as radical idea; even the USA is governed dates based on their qualifications, then-Secretary Bernie Peyton found by this principle. The fourth largest both for dedicated and at-large seats. when he wrote to former members state, Montana, has three designated 2) Voting by the entire membership is outside North America about why they seats in Congress, even though it only more fair than appointment by had quit. deserves one based on population. If Council. 3) The IBA will increase its Council has addressed this issue by there were no designated seats, international profile, and as a result, appointing councilors to improve probably no congressman/woman its international membership and geographical representation. This has would ever be elected from Montana. effective role in bear conservation. worked well in the past, but we must Designated seats are also nothing new I believe that voting for this change is look to the future. The rapid growth in for the IBA. Today the Vice President the right and fair thing to do, for both competence, research and conserva- seats are designated, as is the Treasurer in the IBA and bear conservation world- tion of bears outside North America a de facto sense (USA resident for tax wide. If we are truly “international,” as has made our former practice out-of- reasons). The proposed Bylaw change our mission statement requires us to be, date. Also, I believe strongly that IBA would make seven designated seats (one then we must accept this responsibility.

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 5 Council News IBA Grants Program

Frederick C. Dean, Chair Increasing Fffectiveness ASCII text file will usually be IBA Grants Program Committee of the Grants Program readable. A CD (compact disc) can 810 Ballaine Road President Harry Reynolds, Eco- be sent by air mail. Paper copies of Fairbanks, AK 99709, USA nomic Development Committee proposals will be accepted if there Phone (907) 479-6607 Chair Karen Noyce, and I are con- is no alternative. They do require Email [email protected] tinuing discussions about the best more work and expense to ways of meeting the concerns of distribute to the members of the IBA Again Offered a many diverse people and groups committee. CHALLENGE GRANT! involved with bear conservation, • Proposals must be received no The IBA Grants Program Com- fundraising, the Grants Program and later than December 31, 2003. mittee awarded eight grants for broader IBA issues. We hope to make Any received after that date will 2003. The funds provided by the good use of the knowledge and be considered in subsequent John Sheldon Bevins Memorial experience of the Bear Specialist reviews. Foundation were supplemented by Group Expert Teams (see page 7) in • Follow the guidelines on the IBA additional funds donated as a identifying and ranking conservation website (www.bearbiology.com). challenge grant and those IBA needs. This information will be one Including an abstract or short members contributed to meet the factor in the decisions made during summary is helpful. The commit- challenge. These funds added very the review of proposals submitted to tee has occasional use for them. significantly to the projects that we the IBA Grants Program. • Send proposals to Frederick Dean at could support. the address above. If you have This year’s new challenge is Reminder! questions, please contact me. described on page 2, but it is very, Proposal Deadline is very important to the continuation December 31, 2003! Photographs Needed. of the Grants Program at the • Important! (a) Proposals submitted We still need photos from those expanded level. Remember, even last year will not be included who have received IBA grants. These with the substantial amount of automatically in this year’s review, will be used in presentations or money added through the chal- even if more than one year of publications related to Council lenge grant last year, we were only funding was requested. (b) Since business and fundraising. If you able to provide support for eight of we could not fund all of the received a grant in the past, I hope the more than 30 proposals worthy proposals last year, people you will email a photo or two—you, submitted. interested in resubmitting are “your” bears, the habitat in the study Can the IBA membership rise to encouraged to do so. However, it area, or good lab photos for indoor the challenge again? We have a is suggested that you at least projects. functioning Economic Develop- update the budget. (c) If a pro- ment Committee that needs your posal is being resubmitted with Grant Helps help. One of the best arguments a very little change, you may Bolivia Project fundraiser can have is being able to choose to request referral to last See page 11 for a summary of show that a large number of the year’s references as a means of Ximena Velez-Liendo’s project organization’s members have reducing the work involved in studying Andean bears on the pitched in and have made dona- submission. eastern slope of the Bolivian Andes tions themselves or have success- • Submit proposals electronically if which was funded in part by the IBA fully interested new donors in IBA possible; MS Word files or pdf files Grants Program. and the Grants Program. Use the attached to email are best. If one form and envelope inserted in of these formats is not possible, an this newsletter, or the form on page 41 to help meet the chal- lenge!

6 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Council News Bear Specialist Group and Expert Teams

Harry Reynolds, IBA President Each Expert Team will identify Expert Teams Alaska Department of Fish and Game conservation issues within the range Andean bear: 1300 College Road of the species and assign a broad Francisco Cuesta Fairbanks, AK 99701, USA priority to each based on its impor- ([email protected]) Phone (907) 459-7238 tance to population integrity. This Asiatic black bear: Fax (907) 451-9723 will be a long-term effort that will Dave Garshelis Email engage many of our members to ([email protected]) [email protected] reduce the number of bear popula- Brown bear—Asia: tions that are at risk of decline or Mikhail Kretchmar The World Conservation Union extirpation, wherever they occur. ([email protected]) (IUCN) is familiar to most IBA The IBA Council established the and members. Its mission is “to influ- Economic Development Committee S. Sathyakumar ence, encourage and assist societies (EDC), whose charge is to ensure ([email protected]) throughout the world to conserve support of all of IBA’s functions. This Brown bear—Europe: the integrity and diversity of nature includes those related to the scien- Djuro Huber and to ensure that any use of natural tific exchange so important in ([email protected]) resources is equitable and ecologi- conferences, publication of Interna- and cally sustainable.” Through its tional Bear News and Ursus. In Jon Swenson Species Survival Commission (SSC), addition, the IBA also hopes to help ([email protected]) IUCN-established Specialist Groups support conservation measures Panda bear: determine the population status and identified by the IBA/BSG Expert Lu Zhi risk potential for most plant and Teams. Wherever bear populations ([email protected]) animal species. Because IBA is a are at risk or research can address Sloth bear: recognized leader in bear conserva- principles that will ensure the Shyamala Ratnayeke tion and our goals mirror most of persistence and viablility of bear ([email protected]) those for Specialist Groups, IUCN/ populations in future generations, and SSC asked IBA to appoint and we should do as much as we can. K. Yoganand administer the Bear Specialist Group Individuals willing to help the ([email protected]) (BSG), for seven of eight bear species. Expert Teams are encouraged to Sun bear: The Specialist Group for polar bears contact the team chair(s). Anyone Gabriella Fredriksson is separate because it deals with a involved in bear conservation, ([email protected]) treaty-regulated species, but we research or management can and maintain close communication. strengthen the impact of their work Siew Te Wong At the suggestion of the past Co- by coordinating with the appropriate ([email protected]) chairs of BSG, the core of the BSG Expert Team. Trade in bear parts: will include Expert Teams of knowl- Christopher Servheen edgeable and effective individuals Bear Specialist Group (BSG) ([email protected]) who have expertise for each bear Chair: Polar Bear Specialist Group: species. These have been formed for Harry Reynolds The BSG coordinates with the Polar each of the seven bear species, plus a ([email protected]) Bear Specialist Group, whose chair is team to deal with trade in bear parts Vice Chair: Scott Schliebe ([email protected]). issues. Because of the distribution of Bruce McLellan brown bears, three teams are ([email protected]) needed—Asia, Europe and North America. Teams for American black bears and North American brown bears will be formed soon.

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 7 Council News In Memory: Ian Ross

Born December 16, 1958, strategy for large carnivores in Goderich, Ontario— Canada. He was the senior Died June 29, 2003, author on nine papers in peer- near Nanyuki, Kenya. reviewed journals in addition Ian was a true outdoorsman from to many other technical the beginning, running a trapline reports and popular articles. while in high school in southern After the cougar project Ontario. After graduating from the wrapped up, Ian conducted University of Guelph (1982), his first environmental impact studies experiences with grizzly bears came in western and northern

Ian was a committed and emotional friend and family man. Having no children of his own he was a hero to his young nieces, nephews and children of friends. He always remem- bered everyone’s birthdays. He hiked the foothills of the Rockies west of Calgary, as well as the U.S. desert southwest, the Canadian Arctic, Mexico and Africa. He loved to hunt and his dinner table was a testament to his hunting prowess. His conserva- tion ethic permeated all of his life. He did not consume needlessly and he encouraged all of us to do the same. In January 2003, Ian returned to field research when he joined Dr. Laurence Frank on the Liakipia Predator Project, a project designed to find ways to allow for in northwestern Alberta, where he Canada. He recently rewrote the the coexistence of hyenas, lions, leopards studied the impacts of industrial grizzly bear status report for and people in the agricultural matrix development. It was the beginning of COSEWIC (Committee on the Status that exists outside national parks in most an illustrious 20-year career conduct- of Endangered Wildlife in Canada). of southern Africa. Two days before his ing research on large mammals in He also worked tirelessly with The death he was on top of the world having western Canada. Wildlife Society-Alberta Chapter collared his first leopard. On the evening He worked on cougars in south- dealing with wildlife conservation he died Ian was tracking a radio collared western Alberta from the early 1980s issues. He served as President of the lion from a light aircraft. Its wreckage until 1994. That project became one Chapter in 1997. Ian also continued was located by searchers the next of the longest running research to capture wildlife, including grizzly morning. Ian Ross died at the peak of his projects on Puma concolor in North bears, for research projects, and in career, doing what he loved. America. The cougar project received doing so assisted many graduate national recognition on radio and students with their research. He By television and Ian used that atten- conducted his capture work using an Martin Jalkotzy tion to foster a thoughtful and exacting professional approach while Arc Wildlife Services Ltd. effective wildlife conservation retaining an empathy for the wildlife 3527-35 Ave. S.W. message. He participated in drafting he was pursuing. He cared for each Calgary, AB T3E 1A2, Canada a management plan for cougars in individual and did his utmost to Phone (403) 240-3361 Alberta as well as a conservation conduct captures humanely.

8 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Council News In Memory: Timothy Treadwell

recorded on a video camera Channel specials and just completed that the victims had in their work on a new film for Disney with tent. Hopefully that tape as filmmaker Joel Bennett. He founded well the other footage they Grizzly People, a nonprofit, to fund shot of bears in the days prior his work and educate people, to the attack can give some especially schoolchildren about insight into the incident at bears. their campsite though access Treadwell had enthusiastic to this information may not supporters who believed he had a be available. special rapport with the animals and Treadwell and his partner knew more about brown bears than were camped on a small bluff anyone else. They believed he was an on the shore of Kaflia Lake. eco-warrior who protected bears The tent site was in thick from hunters, and that criticism of alders and willows with well- him was based on jealousy. Others used bear trails leading to the felt that although he spent a lot of stream at the outlet of the time around bears, he was a fool- lake. The stream leads to hardy self-promoter who played Kaflia Bay. A late run of coho loose with the facts, and spread an Around 6 October 2003, bear salmon attracts brown bears to the irresponsible message that was advocate Timothy Treadwell, 46, of area. resulting in dangerous behavior by California and his companion Amie Timothy Treadwell was a former people trying to imitate him. Huguenard, 37, were killed by a drug and alcohol addict who credits As with other fatal maulings, we brown bear at Kaflia Bay, about 300 the grizzlies for his recovery, and may never know exactly how the miles southwest of Anchorage, vowed to devote his life to preserv- attack occurred. Because Treadwell Alaska in Katmai National Park. ing bears. Since the late 1980s was often featured in the media, the An air taxi operator who flew in to Treadwell spent summers camping manner of his his death will surely pick them up discovered a large male in Alaska, observing, and photo- be the source of much speculation bear at their campsite and found no graphing brown bears along the and argument, much of it not based signs of Treadwell or Huguenard. The Katmai coast, an area where large in fact. aggressive bear forced the pilot back numbers of bears, habituated to Regardless of how people feel to his plane and he contacted the human presence, also attract bear about Timothy Treadwell and his National Park Service. Park rangers viewers. Treadwell’s approach to approach to bears, it is undeniable visited the site shortly thereafter. bears was unconventional and that he cared deeply about the They found the remains of Treadwell controversial. He often approached animals and reached a large audi- and Huguenard cached next to their bears very close, singing to them, ence, and that the deaths of the two campsite. and occasionally touching them. He people and two bears were tragic. While retrieving the remains, said he believed the bears consid- Both his life and death had, and will rangers killed two bears at the site— ered him their friend. In recent continue to have, a large impact on an older aggressive male that charged years he stopped carrying pepper many people’s attitudes and percep- them, and a younger bear they felt spray, preferring to go unarmed, tions about bears. was stalking them. Necropsies on the confident of his knowledge of bear two bears were conducted a couple of behavior. By days later. The large male had fed on Treadwell wrote a book Among the John Hechtel the victims, but little remained of Grizzlies about his activities. He was Alaska Department of Fish and Game the subadult bear. a colorful character good at captur- 1800 Glenn Highway, Suite 4 The exact circumstances surround- ing the attention of the media. He Palmer, AK 99645, USA ing the fatalities are unclear and part appeared on television programs Phone (907) 746-6331 of an ongoing investigation. How- from David Letterman to Dateline. Fax (907) 746-6305 ever, some audio of the attack was He was featured in Discovery Email [email protected]

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 9 Opportunity Position: Florida Bear Management Section Leader

The Florida Fish and Wildlife providing technical assistance to bear management are preferred. Conservation Commission has an Commission personnel, other agency Minorities are encouraged to apply. opening for a Bear Management personnel, and private land owners; Salary $24,920 to $99,683. Affirmative Section Leader, Biological Administra- reviewing conceptual management Action/Equal Opportunity. Closing tor II, who is responsible for planning, plans; developing and implementing date is November 30, 2003. Interested coordinating, and directing a statewide research projects; data analysis and persons should apply on-line at https:/ management program. Duties include interpretation; and interfacing with /jobs.myflorida.com/index.html. Only preparing and administering budgets; the public, especially on matters electronic applications will be ac- preparing annual planning documents pertaining to bears and bear manage- cepted, but please mail a hard copy of and annual progress reports; evaluat- ment. Minimum qualifications are a application to Mr. Paul A. Schulz, ing effectiveness of the bear manage- Master’s degree (or equivalent work Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ment program; formulating bear experience) and one year professional Commission, 620 S. Meridian Street, population and habitat management biological experience. Persons with Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600, USA, policy and strategy recommendations; experience working with bears and Phone (850) 488-3831.

Andean Bear Habitat: Eastern Slope of the Tropical Andes, Bolivia

Map of Andean bear sites and deforestation

Forest no-forest map in study area (source: Deforestation Mapping Group, University of Maryland).

10 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Americas Modeling Fragmentation Patterns of the Eastern Slope of the Tropical Andes in Bolivia: Implications for Andean Bear Habitat Conservation

Ximena Velez-Liendo role as a seed disperser, large home and fuel wood collection. Data Centro de Biodiversidad y Genetica range, wide distribution and cultural available through geographical Universidad Mayor de San Simon importance. Human activities have agencies in Bolivia and field recon- PO Box 538 fragmented habitat, causing small naissance will be used to create maps Cochabamba, Bolivia populations of bears throughout their of potential disturbances. A habitat Telephone/Fax (591) 4 454 03 64 range to become isolated. Such map for the Andean bear will be Email [email protected] isolation, with no movement possible created based on vegetation require- between them may result in some of ments and elevation. The distribu- Home to about 20,000 plant these groups dying out in years to tion of the Andean bear will be species and at least 1,500 unique come; leaving a fragile wild popula- mapped based on previous studies terrestrial vertebrates the Tropical tion, which may already consist of as and new data obtained from field Andes is the biologically richest and few as 3,000 bears, even more depleted surveys. most diverse place on earth. How- (http://www.durrellwildlife.org). 3. Construction of the model. ever, intensive human activities such New technologies such as GIS and The multi-temporal landscape as agriculture, grazing, logging and remote sensing in conservation ecology metrics will be used in mining have left this region with less studies permit gathering, analyzing combination with annual demo- than ten percent of its original and displaying large amounts and graphic and development rates to habitat. There are still isolated varieties of geographical data. Using map landscape changes over the past regions in Venezuela, Colombia and this technology, my project aims to 30 years. Trend information will be the eastern slope of Peru and Bolivia provide information about the: used to project future landscape with intact primary forest. Until Eastern Slope of Bolivian Tropical changes and to assess regional recently there has been little human Andes (ESBTA); conservation status disturbances to landscape integrity. impact on the eastern slope of of the Andean bear; areas where Once such patterns of disturbances Bolivia. However new social, eco- conservation, research and manage- are determined, those results will be nomic and development policies ment efforts should be implemented overlaid with the Andean bear applied since the 1980s are causing to preserve the connectivity of the distribution and habitat delineations fragmentation in many areas in this Andean bear’s habitat; and long term to determine the potential effects of region. See maps on page 10. effects of human activities. This the disturbances on Andean bears. The consequences of these activi- model will be created based on The results of this research can be ties upon the biodiversity of the multi-temporal satellite imagery used to determine the landscape Tropical Andes are reflected in the analysis of fragmentation patterns, integrity of the ESBTA and to iden- large number of endangered and development of human activities and tify the main disturbances to that vulnerable species listed on the IUCN Andean bear data. integrity within the region. Addi- Red List (www.redlist.org) and by The project has three stages: tionally, the updated distribution CITES (www.cites.org). The pressure 1. Multi-temporal and landscape map of the Andean bear in Bolivia on wildlife is increasing as humans ecology analysis. will provide baseline data for further continue to destroy habitat by To determine fragmentation conservation of the Andean bear and logging and converting land to patterns, at least two sets of classified will identify areas for future studies. agriculture and settlements. satellite imagery are analyzed. Finally, the model will help to Mammal carnivore species are well FRAGSTATS software will be used to identify regions with different know bio-indicators of habitat quality; quantify the structure of the ESBTA disturbances due to human changes therefore human impacts can be landscape. in the landscape and to predict the measured by the presence/absence of 2. Identification of human distur- long-term effects of those distur- carnivore species in the ecosystem. bances, Andean bear distribution and bances upon Andean bear habitat. The Andean bear, an endemic species delineation of habitat. These results will provide informa- of the Tropical Andes and largest Human disturbances are all tion to prioritize areas for Andean carnivore of South America, is the human activities related to habitat bear conservation and, thus, the most suitable species to conduct loss and change in the ESBTA. These biodiversity of the ESBTA. studies focused on conservation of the include settlements, roads, seasonal This project is partially funded by Tropical Andes due to its ecological burning, grazing, agriculture, mining the IBA Grants Program (see page 6).

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 11 Americas Island’s First Western USA/Canada Grizzly Shot

Reprinted from (British Columbia, Western news provided by: reports completed. In consultation Canada) Vancouver Sun, by Petti Fong, Shannon Podruzny with the Lake Louise Community Wednesday, August 6, 2003. Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team Council, fencing was chosen as the USGS Northern Rocky Mountain best option. Believed to be the first grizzly on Science Center Vancouver Island, an 180-kilogram Forestry Sciences Lab, MSU And #56 male was shot near Port Hardy. No Bozeman, MT 59717, USA grizzly bear has ever been confirmed Phone (406) 994-2607 The November 2001 issue of the to exist on Vancouver Island. Email [email protected] newsletter reported on the railway “This bear was walking like he mortality of Lake Louise female owned the whole area. Not afraid of Lake Louise Fence grizzly bear #56 and the subsequent anything,” chief Paddy Walkus of the orphaning of her two cubs of the Gwa”sala-”Nakwaxda”xw said. He Hal Morrison year. became extremely concerned about Lake Louise The rest of the story: the bear’s fearlessness and aggressive Yoho and Kootenay Field Unit Rather than return to their natal stance toward dogs. His son, driving Parks Canada Agency den, both cubs denned that winter down the road, saw the bear, which Box 99 in an area that radio telemetry had just walked beside the vehicle rather Field, B.C. V0A 1G0, Canada not recorded the family group than running into the bushes. “They Phone (250) 343-6136 having visited. [conservation officers] kept telling us it Fax (250) 343-6758 In the spring of 2002 the cubs was in its natural habitat, but when Email [email protected] were back in the sow’s old haunts that bear walked up someone’s back less than 1 km from the town site of porch, I thought, ‘It’s not in its natural In the spring of 2003, a 2.8 km Lake Louise in Banff National Park in habitat anymore,’” Walkus said. “So long, permanent electric fence was close proximity to the Trans Canada when we saw that it was that close to built around the tenting area of the Highway and the Canadian Pacific someone’s home, it was time to Lake Louise Campground in Banff Railway. They were captured, radio destroy it.” National Park. The campground rests telemetry ear-tagged and released on He said a lot of people in the village in the Lake Louise town site area, site. The pair appeared to have are upset that the first grizzly on the which sees approximately three wintered well and the male and island had to be killed and felt that million visitors a year. Landscape female cub were 36 kg and 34 kg might not have been necessary if features in combination with respectively. conservation officers had come sooner. development funnel bears alongside On June 4, 2002, the female cub Officers assumed it was an American the campground as they attempt to was run over and killed on the Trans black bear, and there was no reason to skirt the town site. The past eight Canada Highway even though a park suspect it was aggressive. They agreed years have seen increasing bear warden was monitoring her and the that the bear had to be shot, given its occurrences in the town site and police were actively enforcing the 70 behavior, and that it was lingering in campground. In 2001 and 2002 the km speed zone. the village because of the salmon. tenting portion of the Lake Louise The remaining male cub was There are a series of islands off the Campground was closed to tents and recaptured in the fall of 2002 to coast of Port Hardy, but the channels are tent trailers the majority of the replace a failed ear tag transmitter wider, with stronger currents, than those season due to an increased number and weighed 65 kg at the time. managed by grizzly bears. It makes more of bear sightings in the campground. That winter he denned in yet sense that it arrived on the island further In 2002, 10 tent sites were enclosed another new area. south, in the Port McNeill area, then by a temporary electric fence pro- On May 28, 2003, the carcass of travelled overland to Port Hardy. vided for backpackers and cyclists. In the male cub was recovered less than Conservation officer Greg Kruger an effort to reduce habituation of 1 km from the village of Lake Louise. felt shock and dismay. “It was a real bears, enhance public safety and He had been killed and eaten by a surprise to find that one had made it offer a tenting experience for visitors larger bear. all the way. It was unfortunate that in the area, six management options the first known grizzly bear on the were explored and two independent island would meet such a fate.” 12 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Americas McNeil River Pacific Coast Bear Viewing Permits

Pacific Coast news provided by: members in a process of non-advocacy Dave Immell education involving all stakeholder Wildlife Research, Southwest Region groups. The approach includes commu- Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife nity perceptions analyses, one-on-one 4192 North Umpqua Highway meetings, small group meetings, Roseburg, OR 97470, USA coalition activities, and the development Phone (541) 440-3353 and distribution of associated educa- Fax (541) 673-0372 tional resources (brochure, fact sheets, Email [email protected] slide show, website etc.). In September 2003 we expanded North Cascades Grizzly our activities to the northwestern Bear Outreach Project portion of the recovery zone (Whatcom and Skagit Counties). This Chris Morgan, M.S., Director-Ecologist expansion includes a comprehensive Insight Wildlife Management (IWM) evaluation that consists of baseline © Catherine Norkin PO Box 28656 and follow-up telephone surveys with Joe Meehan Bellingham, WA 98228-0656, USA 500 randomly selected NCE residents, Wildlife Biologist/Lands Coordinator Phone (360) 734-6060 quarterly telephone interviews with Alaska Department of Fish and Game Email [email protected] key informants, and content analysis Division of Wildlife Conservation Website www.bearinfo.org of local newspapers and government Southcentral/Southwest Region and organization communications. 333 Raspberry Road The North Cascades Ecosystem The evaluation will be a useful Anchorage, Alaska 99518, USA (NCE) in Washington State is one of measure of our effectiveness and Phone (907) 267-2281 six grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) recovery progress over the next 18 months. Our Fax (907) 267-2433 zones in the lower 48 states and is intention is to expand GBOP activities Email [email protected] contiguous with the grizzly bear to the entire recovery zone pending Website www.state.ak.us/adfg population of south central British funding availability. Columbia. Fewer than 20 grizzly bears The project is managed by Insight Applications are now being are estimated to remain in the NCE. Wildlife Management and the Conserva- accepted for Special Access Permits to Observations and verified grizzly bear tion Partnership Center. Sincere thanks visit the McNeil River State Game sign are rare, and public knowledge of to our contributors: U.S. Fish and Sanctuary in 2004. Special permits grizzly bears is quite limited. Wildlife Service, USDA Forest Service, are available in three categories: The North Cascades Grizzly Bear National Park Service, Washington scientific, educational or media. Outreach Project (GBOP) began in the Department of Fish and Wildlife, Applications are due by December 1. northeastern part of the recovery zone Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, More information and application (Okanogan County) in mid-2002. Our Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, Defend- materials are at the McNeil River project addresses public concerns and ers of Wildlife, Woodland Park Zoo, and Sanctuary website (www.state.ak.us/ provides factual information about Seattle City Light. adfg and follow the links to McNeil grizzly bear ecology and behavior, Contact the address above or: River Sanctuary), by emailing sanitation and safety in bear country, Jim Davis, Co-Director [email protected] or and policies associated with the recovery ([email protected]); by phone at (907) 267-2182. process. Our goal is to ensure that public Tim Ford, Please note that these Special perceptions and attitudes towards grizzly Okanogan Field Coordinator, Access Permits are issued through a bears are based upon accurate informa- ([email protected]); different program than the lottery tion so that recovery zone residents can Nan Laney, system which most visitors utilize. make well-informed decisions and Whatcom and Skagit Field Coordinator, Those applications are due March comments regarding recovery. ([email protected]). 1 and more information may also be The GBOP goes beyond providing obtained at the McNeil River Sanctu- information to a passive audience. The ary website. project actively engages community

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 13 Americas Piggyback Bears Northcentral USA in the Swim

Hal L. Black Northcentral USA/Southcentral After the attack Heil-Smith called Email [email protected] Canada news provided by: 911 and was taken to the hospital by & Pam Coy ambulance. She suffered many Janene Auger Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources puncture wounds and scratches that Dept. of Integrative Biology Forest Wildlife Populations and required stitches. Brigham Young University Research Group In the days following the attack Provo, Utah 84602, USA 1201 East Highway 2 there were several reports of an Phone (801) 422-4553 Grand Rapids, MN 55744, USA aggressive bear in the neighborhood. Phone (218) 327-4159 At 10:30 p.m. on September 21, In Utah, with its paucity of rivers Fax (218) 327-4181 Dwight Moore shot and killed a bear and relatively few American black Email [email protected] that repeatedly charged him and bears, observations of bears swim- chased him back into his house ming rivers are rare. An undergradu- Minnesota when he tried to scare it away from ate student in zoology who worked Non-fatal Bear Attack eating sunflower seeds in a container on the Green River in the summer of next to his house. His property is 1998 made the following six observa- Kim Heil-Smith, 37, was attacked about 1,000 feet east of Heil-Smith’s. tions which are interesting in their by an adult female American black Two cubs, which could not be scared own right and have heuristic value. bear, which was accompanied by at away, spent the night feeding on the In late evening in early July a bear least one cub, that she encountered sunflower seeds but disappeared swam the river, spent 15 minutes in her garage about 9:30 p.m., before daylight. investigating the understory of September 16, 2003. The attack The dead bear was examined by tamarisk on the shoreline, then occurred at her residence on Devil the University of Minnesota Veteri- swam back to the other side. Later in Track Lake, near Grand Marais, in nary Diagnostic Laboratory. It was a July, a female and cub were running northern Minnesota. Heil-Smith 155 pound female in good condition. along the shoreline at midday. They surprised the bear, which was feeding A rabies test proved negative. Hair then entered the water whereupon on garbage and sunflower seeds from the dead bear and bear hair the cub climbed on its mother’s back stored in the garage. The garage door, collected at Heil-Smith’s were sent to and rode to the other side of the which was normally kept closed, had Wildlife Genetics International for river. In early August a bear swam been left open because she planned DNA analysis. They concluded that the river to the campsite. Banging of on leaving again that night. the samples were from the same pots and pans scared it away, but at The sow and cub were trapped individual. midnight and at 4:00 am, it (or between the car and the inside wall another bear) returned. At daylight of the garage. Heil-Smith tried to step the bear was seen swimming near the back into the house and close the shoreline opposite the camp. During door on the bear as it charged but the summer, the student saw two was unable to. The bear knocked other bears swimming in shallow her down and bit her head, waters near the shore and another shoulders, and both thighs. sitting in the shade at the river’s After the initial shock of edge. being attacked wore off We thank Stacey Huish for sharing Heil-Smith started these observations and report them fighting back. She was here in the hope that others will able to get a knee share observations of river crossings between herself and the by bears, especially any examples of bear so it couldn’t bite her cubs being transported over water on anymore. She grabbed the their mothers’ backs. bear’s nose and yelled at it. She thinks this startled the bear enough to make it leave.

© Catherine Norkin

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News from the Southeast USA is the public. If the provided by: program continues Thomas Eason, Chief to be successful, Bureau of Wildlife bear management Diversity and Conservation staff will seek Florida Fish and Wildlife dedicated funding Conservation Commission to expand the Bryant Building program statewide. 620 S. Meridian Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600, USA State Research

© Tomo Lavric © Tomo Phone (850) 413-7379 Updates Fax (850) 921-1847 FWC has completed field work on from the six core populations. Email [email protected] several projects regarding American Samples are currently being selected black bears throughout Florida. for DNA analysis. A final report is Florida Update These projects were described in anticipated mid-summer 2004. Bear Personnel Changes more detail in the May 2003 issue Additionally, the first field season The Florida Fish and Wildlife (vol. 12, no. 2) of this newsletter. working on “Non-invasive Assess- Commission’s (FWC) Bear Manage- Presentations by staff and graduate ment of Black Bear Movements and ment Section has experienced students on research efforts were Abundance Relative to U.S. 98 changes in personnel. Thomas Eason given at the recent International Within the Aucilla Wildlife Manage- accepted a position as Chief of the Conference on Ecology and Trans- ment Area” was initiated. Hair Bureau of Wildlife Diversity and portation, and the Ecological Society collection to estimate the population Conservation. Under his new of America conference. Look for has been completed, and data position Thomas will work remotely posters or presentations related to collection to examine bear road with the Bear Management Section these projects at the IBA conference crossings will continue until July to continue efforts initiated prior to in San Diego next year! 2004. his departure. Stephanie Simek, the Data collection ended spring 2003 FWC Wildlife Veterinarian, Mark Assistant Section Leader, is now for the study entitled “Northern St. Cunningham, continues to examine acting Section Leader until the Johns River Black Bear Assessment.” demodicosis in the Ocala black bear position is filled (see position This project was a small, one-season population. Demodectic mange is announcement on page 10). project to provide some insight on caused by a host-specific mite that the presence of bears in Northeastern has been identified as a unique Black Bear Festival Florida, between Daytona and species, Demodex ursi. The fifth annual Florida Black Bear Jacksonville. Hair samples will be Festival was held in Umatilla on analyzed this fall with hair from the Graduate Research Updates October 4, 2003. Activities and other studies. As we mentioned in the last educational booths were hosted in FWC Bear Management staff update, the study of “Black Bear town while field trips to explain completed the fourth and final field Movements and Habitat Use Relative FWC’s current research efforts and season of “Black Bear Movements to Roads in Ocala National Forest” bear issues were conducted in Ocala and Habitat Use Relative to Roads in spawned several graduate research National Forest. Ocala National Forest” in June. Data projects through the University of analysis has begun and a final report Florida under the advisement of Dr. Bear Response Program is due March 2004. Madan Oli. Two of these students The Bear Response Agent pilot Data collection for the three-year (Jeremy Dixon and Elina Garrison) program has been extended for study on the “Statewide Assessment have completed field work and another year. This program focuses of Road Impacts on Bears in Florida” anticipate graduating this fall. The on a five-county area in central was completed in September. Staff third student, Melissa Moyer, will Florida, and seeks to create a system achieved a 60% success rate (snares continue to collect telemetry loca- of private bear agents who will visited versus total snares set) and tions until December 2003. She plans respond to complaints and educate 9,700 hair samples were collected to graduate in spring 2004.

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 15 Americas Southeast USA, cont’d

Black Bear Habitat Use on and five interaction terms (year, Black Bear Conservation a Military Training Area season, sex, age, and live-weapons Committee Landowner firing activity). Assistance Program David Telesco Land-cover type, land-cover Private Lands Biologist diversity, burn history, and paved David J. Telesco Black Bear Conservation Committee road density had significant effects Private Lands Biologist PO Box 83881 on bear habitat selection. Bottom- Black Bear Conservation Committee Baton Rouge, LA 70884, USA land hardwoods had the greatest PO Box 83881 Phone (225) 763-5425 positive influence on bear habitat Baton Rouge, LA 70884, USA Email [email protected] selection, closely followed by Phone (225) 763-5425 & pocosin (shrub bog wetlands). Email [email protected] Frank van Manen Bottomland hardwoods and pocosins U.S. Geological Survey provide abundant food sources in The Black Bear Conservation Southern Appalachian Field Branch spring (e.g., grasses and forbs) and Committee (BBCC) was formed in University of Tennessee fall (e.g., black gum fruits, galberry), 1990 to restore the federally threat- 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building as well as security cover for denning ened Louisiana black bear (Ursus Knoxville, TN 37996, USA and travel activities. Selection for americanus luteolus) throughout its Phone (865) 974-0200 greater land-cover diversity occurred historic range. Through active Email [email protected] only at a relatively large scale (7 km2), partnerships with a diversity of therefore we recommended the stakeholders, the BBCC has devel- U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp optimum management for land- oped innovative approaches to Lejeune purchased the 16,691 ha cover diversity would be at the support its mission. In September Greater Sandy Run Acquisition in timber compartment scale. Areas 2003, the BBCC initiated a Land- eastern North Carolina for live- burned within the past five years owner Assistance Program (LAP) to weapons firing and other military reduced habitat value for bears, encourage private landowner training purposes. Resource manag- whereas bears selected for areas involvement in conservation pro- ers at Camp Lejeune were interested burned more than five years ago. grams. Federal and state agencies as in assessing the combined effects of Prescribed burning on the study area well as private organizations offer military activities, land management, was conducted primarily in pine numerous conservation programs in and natural vegetation types on stands on a burn cycle of one to five the form of conservation easements, American black bear habitat use. We years. Selection of the older burn cost-share plans, and other technical used discrete choice analysis to assess areas by bears may be a function of assistance programs. However, black bear habitat selection in food availability because these interested landowners may be relation to those factors, and then infrequent burns seemed to increase unfamiliar with many of those synthesized spatial use patterns into galberry fruit production. The programs, and the process to select a geographic information system density of paved roads had a strong the most appropriate program can be (GIS)-based habitat model. negative influence on black bear overwhelming. LAP provides educa- From 2000–2001, we collected habitat use at both spatial scales. tion and technical support on 1,934 telemetry locations from 17 Habitat index values on the study conservation programs for private bears (7 M:10 F). We compared the area were lowest in areas with high landowners, focusing on programs resource attributes of selected paved road densities (>0.5 km/km2), designed to restore bottomland habitats (telemetry locations) with which was mostly on the periphery hardwoods throughout the Louisiana those available for each telemetry of the study area. Although bears did black bear recovery area. The BBCC location at a daily movement scale not seem to respond to the low recently hired a private lands (7 km2) and at a more local scale (1 km2). traffic levels within the study area, biologist to help design and run the The analysis was based on four future traffic increases due to LAP. The biologist will conduct primary habitat variables (land-cover changing military activities could type, burn history, paved road have more noticeable effects. density, and land-cover diversity)

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Working in conjunction with VDGIF biologists, nine graduate students (R. Gray, C. Godfrey, J. Higgins-Vashon, K. Higgins, S. Klenzendorf, D. Lee, D. O’Neil, K. Needham-Echols and C. Ryan) supervised by Dr. Michael R. Vaughan of the Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit have completed theses and dissertations relating to CABS. A broad range of topics including food habits and supplemental feeding, effects of chasing with hounds, demographics

© Joan Skidmore and population dynamics, yearling dispersal, and den selection were examined. monthly LAP workshops within Concluding the The final two graduate students the recovery area along with repre- Virginia Cooperative are currently in the process of sentatives from cooperating agencies Allegheny Bear Study analyzing the completed data set. to provide an interactive forum for Over the course of the study, 1,488 introducing conservation programs Andrew S. Bridges bears (0-25 years of age) were to workshop participants. In addi- Email [email protected] handled 2,818 times. We obtained tion, LAP workshops will provide & denning ecology data from 486 bear- information on black bear ecology Colleen Olfenbuttel winters, observed 455 neonatal cubs and nuisance abatement. After a Email [email protected] from 183 litters, and visited previ- workshop, the BBCC biologist will Department of Fisheries ously occupied dens 324 times to conduct follow-up consultations and Wildlife Sciences check for reuse. Radio telemetry with individual landowners to 100 Cheatham Hall yielded approximately 11,200 identify programs that best suit their Virginia Polytechnic Institute and locations on more than 250 radio- needs and qualifications and to assist State University collared individuals. Approximately in finalizing conservation agree- Blacksburg, VA 24061-0321, USA 400 individuals were tracked for ments. While providing assistance to Phone (540) 231-7710 approximately 550 bear-years. Final landowners, the LAP will increase Fax (540) 231-7580 analyses will feature: 1) home-range forested black bear habitat within the and habitat use, 2) density and Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. In June 1994, researchers from survival estimation using mark- Ultimately, the LAP will assist in Virginia Tech and the Virginia recapture, tag-return, mark-resight, establishing and maintaining Department of Game and Inland DNA-based mark-recapture, know- corridors for movement and genetic Fisheries (VDGIF) initiated the fate, and population reconstruction exchange between the Tensas and Cooperative Allegheny Bear Study techniques, 3) reproductive ecology, Atchafalya River Basin subpopula- (CABS), a research project designed and 4) denning ecology. tions of black bear, a delisting to comprehensively examine Completed theses and disserta- criterion within the Louisiana black Virginia’s hunted American black tions are currently available through bear recovery plan. bear population. Fieldwork con- the Virginia Tech Library (http:// ducted on two study areas in north- www.lib.vt.edu/) and analyses of the western and southwestern Virginia completed data sets will be available was concluded in May of 2003. by autumn of 2004. A final report summarizing CABS findings will be compiled and available through VDGIF soon thereafter.

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 17 Americas Southwest USA

Southwest USA/Mexico news He also incorporated genetic data We thank all our collaborators provided by: from several other populations in who provided samples in the Mex- Diana Doan-Crider this region. The combination of Tex region, including Bonnie Caesar Kleberg mitochondrial DNA and nuclear McKinney (formerly of Texas Parks Wildlife Research Institute microsatellite data collected by Dave and Wildlife Department), Diana MSC 218 provided strong evidence that black Doan-Crider (of Texas A&M Univer- Texas A&M University-Kingsville bears in this region of montane sity-Kingsville), and Cecily Costello Kingsville, TX 78363-8202, USA desert islands occur in a (of Hornocker Wildlife Institute). Email [email protected] metapopulation structured by female philopatry and male dispersal. Papers Black Bears in springing from his work are in press Big Bend National Park with the Journal of Mammalogy (February 2004) and Ursus. Dave Eric Hellgren recently accepted a postdoctoral Oklahoma State University position in the laboratory of Lisette Email [email protected] Waits at the University of Idaho, where he will be studying conserva- Dave Onorato has completed his tion genetics of large carnivores. doctoral work at Oklahoma State University under the direction of Eric Hellgren. Dave studied ecology and genetics of American black bears in Big Bend National Park on the border of Texas and Mexico.

© Catherine Norkin

18 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Eurasia First PhD in Scandinavian Brown Bear Research Project

Bjørn Dahle explores brown bear anthill den. Jon Swenson, Leader On 13 June 2003 (yes, Friday the papers, five of which are now Scandinavian Brown Bear 13th!) Bjørn Dahle successfully published. We are really proud of Research Project defended his PhD thesis entitled Bjørn and his thesis. For a pdf file of Dept. of Biology & Nature Conservation “Reproductive strategies in the thesis, please contact Bjørn Agricultural University of Norway Sandinavian brown bears” at the ([email protected]). Postbox 5014, N-1432 Ås, Norway Norwegian University of Science and Phone 47-64 94 85 30 Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Fax 47-64 94 85 02 The thesis contains seven scientific Email [email protected] Poachers in India Now Targeting Bears Reprinted from Assam Tribune, bear bile is the entire South East Asia ignorant of this illegal trade and do not Guwahati, India, August 10, 2003. including China where it is purchased in even know why bears are collected,” he Illegal trade in wildlife and huge quantities to be used for making said and stressed the need for creating wildlife parts has exposed the rich traditional Chinese medicines. A awareness at the grassroots level for biodiversity of the Northeast to grave gallbladder of an adult bear contains 100 effectively putting an end to this murky danger. A top biodiversity hotspot in to 120 grams of bile, the price of which business. Nature’s Beckon educates the world and home to a wide varies from Rs 7,000 to Rs 12,000. villagers and rescues animals in danger. variety of flora and fauna, many of The rampant illegal trade involving “Wild animals rescued by our activists which are endangered, the region bears has come to the fore once again included pythons, hornbills, owls, has always fallen a prey to the greed following the rescue of five bear cubs pangolins, slow lorrises, gibbons, leopard of internatioal wildlife traders. from a remote village at Maibong in cats, monkeys, tigers, elephants and wild Wild bears, formerly found in large North Cachar district. Nature’s Beckon, a birds,” he revealed. numbers in the region, is one of the leading conservation NGO, later released Since it is very difficult to capture the many animals bearing the brunt of the cubs in the forests. cubs in the presence of their mother, she clandestine wildlife trade for a long time, Nature’s Beckon director Soumyadeep is killed and her gallbladder taken out, thanks to the great demand that bear Datta said traders often allure villagers and then the cubs are captured alive. bile has in the illegal international with money for capturing bears. Traders need live cubs which are kept for wildlife market. A major destination of “Majority of the villagers are quite ongoing bile extraction.

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 19 Eurasia Which Future for the Brown What Happens to Bear Population in the Pyrenees? Two-year-old Bears?

P.Y. Quenette oped deterministic and stochastic Georg Rauer, ONCFS stage-structured demographic WWF Austria Equipe Technique Ours models (Chapron et al. 2003, Ottakringerstrafle 114-116 RN 117 Compte Rendus de l’Académie des A-1160 Vienna, Austria 31800 Villeneuve de RiviËre, France Sciences, in press). Not surprisingly, Phone +43-676-83488600 Email [email protected] the simulations show that the present Fax +43-1-48817277 & Pyrenean population is unlikely to Email [email protected] G. Chapron persist unless more bears are added. Laboratoire d’Ecologie More precisely, in this paper we try to Since 2000 the World Wide Fund CNRS UMR 7625 identify a strategy that would for Nature Austria and the Molecular Ecole Normale SupÈrieure maximize population persistence Systematics Lab, Natural History 46 rue d’Ulm with the lowest number of added Museum, Vienna have studied 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France male and females bears, and we study genetics on brown bears in central the impact over time of delaying the Austria (funded by the Life program In 2003, the population size of the implementation strategy. of the European Union; the Austrian brown bear in the Pyrenees Moun- The computations made with Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, tains is estimated between 13 and 15 “optimistic” brown bear survival Environment and Water Manage- individuals: 9 to 10 bears from parameters show that: ment; and the provinces of Lower Slovenian stock (translocation of 1.) For the western sub-popula- Austria, Styria and Carinthia). three bears from Slovenia in 1996 tion, keeping the extinction prob- Microsatellite DNA analysis of 485 and 1997) and four to five bears from ability at low levels would mean hair and scat samples collected from Pyrenees stock. The individuals are adding at least five females, whereas 2000-2002 in a 600 km2 area resulted in distributed in France and Spain, in the central sub-population would 12 genotypes (7 to 8 genotypes per year). three distinct sub-nuclei which total require at least six bears (four Six bears captured before 2000 were about 8,400 km2: females, two males). genotyped from blood samples (two —the western nucleus with the 2.) These augmentations would were also found in hair samples). With last four to five Pyrenean bears (only be more efficient if they were information from regular track monitor- one adult female) plus one dispersing carried out in the near future, i.e. ing and observations we determined the Slovenian male who reached this the next five years. age and family relationship of each endemic population in 2002, Such a modelling approach may be genotyped individual. —the central nucleus with six to essential in the decision-making The result is disconcerting as we seven Slovenian bears (only two process for management of the expected to find more bears. From 1989- adult females), Pyrenean brown bear population, but 1993 three bears (1 male, 2 females) were —the eastern nucleus with only it is not sufficient. As with other released in central Austria within the two Slovenian six year-old males. carnivore conservation programs, home range of a single resident bear and Only one female (Ziva) gave birth decisions often depend on economic, up to 2002 at least 26 cubs were born. to two cubs in 2002. In spring 2003, political and sociological factors. We have the impression that two-year- these cubs were observed again. No Presently the French Ministry of old bears are disappearing. None of six reproduction was detected in 2003. Environment is hoping to improve cubs born in 1998 was found in 2000- The population consists of only three the acceptance of bears by local 2002 samples, none of three cubs born adult females, seven to eight adult people (especially sheep breeders) in 2000 was found in 2002 samples. males, one to two subadults and two by allowing them time for reflec- There are three possibiities: dispersal, yearlings. tion, by providing financial incen- natural mortality and illegal killing. Few Despite the increase of the popula- tives to change livestock guarding bear signs are reported outside the core tion after the translocation of three methods, by implementing an area, there is no reason for increased bears from Slovenia in 1996 and awareness campaign and a better natural mortality (yearling bears are in a 1997, the future of this population is dialogue with different social groups good shape), and there are no rumors of precarious. (hunters, farmers, hikers, local bears being shot illegally as in 1994 To assess its viability and possible elected representatives, etc.). But when one of the released bears disap- need for augmentation, we devel- time is running out... peared. We hope to find the answer in the remaining two years of the project. 20 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Eurasia Croatia: Green Bridges and New Bear Monitoring

Djuro Huber University of Zagreb Biology Department Veterinary Faculty Heinzelova 55, 10000 Zagreb Republic of Croatia Phone 385 1 2390 141 Fax 385 1 244 1390 Email [email protected]

Bears Help New Highways in Croatia Inland Croatia is now being connected with the Adriatic Sea by two highways, both cutting through bear habitat in the Dinara mountain range. A total of 224.4 km of six-lane highways are already built or will be

completed in 2004 through the bear © Djuro Huber habitat. Fortunately, due to the Completed green bridge. topography, there will be many Unrestricted movements are concluded that without bears as a tunnels and viaducts: a total of 41.8 crucial for the survival of popula- flagship species it would be much km or 18.6% of the highway length. tions of large carnivores such as harder to fight for the mitigation However, some of these tunnels and bears. They need a vast space to measures. viaducts, as well as five green bridges fulfill all their biological require- The green bridges are the most have been added to the project based ments: finding food, shelter, mates, expensive constructions: over 2 on the environmental impact study, denning sites; and to avoid trouble million euros each. They are also the which required highway mitigation with other bears and above all, with most visible, and probably the most measures at locations considered people. These arguments have been important crossing points as they critical for animal movements. well accepted by officials. It could be were placed on the most critical spots. In order to be acceptable for the shy animals like bears and wolves, all were designed to be 100 to 120 m wide. At the sides there are dikes almost 2 m high, so the animals are not disturbed by lights and noises of traffic underneath. So far three bridges are already in use and two more will be finished next summer. The first one (Dedin) was put into use in 1999 and the animal crossings have been recorded by infra-red sensors and tracks in the sand (see photo). The counts showed that 16.7 large mammals cross the bridge every 24 hours including 1.5 bears. I am now lobbying to start monitoring how the animals are using other green bridges (see page 22).

© Djuro Huber Josip Kusak smooths sand after recording tracks. Note infra-red sensors in concrete posts. International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 21 Eurasia Croatia, cont’d.

Bear movements autumn 2003.

First Bear with GPS-GSM locate the bear. Additionally, activity, follow the bear continously via the Radio Collar in Croatia temperature and mortality sensors GPS-GSM collar. On 25 September 2003 the first are integrated into the collar for The capture site was selected to be brown bear, Mladen (male, 109 kg, 4 multiple data uptake. close (1.5 km) to the highway years), in Croatia was marked with a The goal of the study is to docu- connecting Zagreb and Rijeka on the GPS-GSM collar that records the ment the continuous movements of a Croatian coast. The bear moved away bear’s movements with the Global bear by GPS-GSM collar in relation to from the highway for about 10 km Positioning System (GPS) and the newly constructed highways in and is now using the large area transmits the locations over the Croatia (see page 21). The highways shown on the map. This is the mobile phones network (Global have a number of tunnels and via- mountainous and forested part of the System for Mobile Communication ducts. In addition three green bridges, country with no human settlements (GSM)) as SMS messages directly to 100-120 m wide, have been con- and no major traffic routes. Without our office. Each SMS contains seven structed. We want to see if and where the location data transmission of the GPS fixes and additional informa- the bear is crossing the highway. GPS-GSM collar carried by Mladen, tion. In the case of no network About 400 to 600 bears live in his movements would remain largely coverage the GPS-GSM collar will re- Croatia. They are a game species unrecorded as compared with the transmit the stored SMS when GSM hunted using a yearly quota system. traditional VHF radio telemetry. coverage is available. The GPS-GSM The information about their spatial Updates on the movements of collar is supplied with a VHF beacon needs and movements can help to Mladen are at the website: http:// which makes it possible to use manage the population to secure www.environmental-studies.de/ terrestrial telemetry equipment to their long term survival. We hope to projects/19/gps_collar_bear.html.

22 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Student Forum Students and San Diego Conference

Diana Doan-Crider Call for San Diego Student • Project title. Caesar Kleberg Proposal Presentations • Project objectives. Wildlife Research Institute The Student Pizza Ice Breaker • Status of project (time frame, MSC 218 and Proposal Presentations, is current success). Texas A&M University-Kingsville tentatively scheduled for Monday, • Specific challenges or problems Kingsville, TX 78363-8202, USA February 9, 5-7 p.m., and is designed with which you need help from Email [email protected] to welcome IBA students and IBA professionals. introduce them to IBA professionals. Join! It will be an opportunity for students Trapping Poster Session Student List Serve (Truman) We will be making posters regard- • For students only (some exceptions ing trapping techniques for the will be made). different bear species during the • Discussions pertaining to bear Student Pizza Ice Breaker. If you biology, management, or study would like to contribute to these design challenges. posters with your trap designs, • Job searches, announcements, photos, suggestions, etc., please information regarding the IBA contact: and student membership. Diana Doan-Crider • Planning for IBA student activities ([email protected]), and meetings. Andreas Zedrosser • IBA membership is encouraged, but ([email protected]), not required for initial sign-up. or Instructions: Ximena Velez • Contact Diana Doan-Crider at d- ([email protected]). [email protected] to enroll. We hope to see you at the conference! • Go to:http://aristotle.tamuk.edu. • Click on Agricultural Lists. • Click on Truman. to seek advice about research project Student Travel & Housing • Enter your email address and the challenges or problems with study There has been discussion on the password: Bears01. design. Students will have five list serve regarding student travel • Go to Create Message. minutes to present their project, challenges for the San Diego meet- • Do not reply to list serve messages followed by 10 minutes of discus- ings. While there is no official using your “reply” button. You sion. This will get you started—there student travel fund (excluding IBA must return to Truman and respond will be ample time during the Travel Grants, see page 34), we are within the list serve or else other conference for you to consult with doing all we can to find inexpensive members will not receive your IBA professionals. Students wishing housing, shuttle arrangements, etc. response. to participate in the proposal session for those of you on limited budgets. need to submit a brief statement It is critical that you contact me as (maximum 250 words) about their soon as possible to address these project with the following informa- needs. Also, updates will be posted tion to the address above by January on Truman, the Student List Serve 15, 2004: (see above), so if you are not a • Name, address, phone number, email. member of Truman, enroll now. • Affiliation or school of study. Limited IBA Travel Grants will be issued, but will be prioritized for people giving presentations; see page 34 or contact conference chair Doug Updike at [email protected] for more information.

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 23 Student Forum The Presumption of Assumption

Ahhh...the power of the p-value; my density estimate, I made several (including bears) might have to pay the satisfaction of numerical results. assumptions that, if wrong, would the price if you don’t. We all crave them, especially the have greatly influenced whether my I certainly don’t think we need to ones that imply “significance.” numbers were correct. In the case of be insecure about the results of our There’s nothing better than working density estimation, one of the most studies, but a little humility and hard to test an hypothesis, and controversial assumptions of the honesty would serve us well. We are finding something worth publishing. Lincoln-Petersen estimator is that constantly improving statistical Much like fire, however, the won- animals do not immigrate and techniques. This doesn’t excuse us, drous tool of “science” comes with emigrate from the study area during however, from presenting our results its drawbacks, including the possibil- the sampling period (geographic as though they are flawless; people ity of getting seriously burned. closure). Would I be able to make have entrusted us to truly do what’s When I was conducting my MS sure that bears weren’t leaving or best for bears and to help solve real work in Mexico, one of my tasks was entering a 100 square km area within management problems. We owe it to to estimate the density of American a several-month sampling period? bears and our peers to address all of black bears in a 100 square km area. No. There was also the matter of a the possibilities, the potential error, Easy. I just catch bears, mark and very low recapture rate, which is a and the caution that should be used release them, and recapture them simple reality when capturing bears. when reading our results, or more again. There was this really neat We “assume” that all bears have the importantly, when managing our “results machine” called the Lincoln- same opportunity to be captured; wildlife. Petersen estimator that you just plug however, we also know that all bears As students, you are learning. Do the values into one end, and voilá, are really not equally prone to re- your homework before you go into out comes your number at the other entering a trap despite the fact that the field. Learn all that you can end. It was a technique that was the trap was accessible. In my case, about your “results machine,” commonly used and published, and falsely making these assumptions understand the intricacies of HOW was the then-popular technique for (just to mention a few) would have the final number will be produced, bear density estimation. I was excited greatly changed my results. With the and whether it will be feasible to as I happily pranced down to Mexico help of my good friend, Dave meet the assumptions given your City and presented my results to the Garshelis, we recalculated a field conditions. Don’t take anything government, stating, “This is how “weighted” estimate by using for granted just because it is a many bears you have, and this is telemetry data to determine how published technique, and “everyone how they should be managed.” My much time bears were spending else is doing it,” or because it might excitement lasted right up until the inside and outside of the study area help you win a poster contest. When hour of my MS defense, when my boundaries. We were able to thus you choose a methodology or life crashed because of a few minor somewhat meet the assumption technique, carefully review and details that I had overlooked. about geographic closure, although consider any critiques. Talk to Somehow, somebody placed a we couldn’t come up with a variance statisticians and other biologists statistician that knew something because of the telemetry error. about the effects of your sample about wild animals on my commit- Astoundingly, the value of the sizes, and the validity of your results. tee, and he asked me a few questions weighted estimate was nearly half of Be clear about the implications, and about “assumptions,” “low recapture the un-weighted version. That’s don’t be afraid to imply that further rates,” etc. My confusion and pretty serious when making manage- study is needed before you reach a ignorance were evident, but he was ment recommendations. After conclusion. Not only will you feel nice enough to pass me anyway. I humbling myself, however, I went better about yourself, but your peers learned a great lesson. back and presented my adjusted will simply trust you While most of our energy can results to the Mexican government, more. Whatever you mistakenly be directed at coming up advising care and caution when do, don’t fall into with that notorious “number,” we making bear management decisions. the “presumption of often forget that there are a series of My point is this: pay close attention assumption” trap. assumptions that are often “taken for to the potential flaws in your study See you next time! gospel” and accepted. In the case of design, because somebody else

24 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Bears in Culture Barney Bear, Fozzie Bear, Pooh Bear and Paddington Bear

Anne Ruggles really is another way, if only he could marketing force with toys, books, videos Bear Canyon Consulting Group stop bumping for a moment and think and more. The bears are non-threaten- 850 37th St. of it. And then he feels that perhaps ing, childlike and cuddly. Boulder, CO 80303, USA there isn’t. Anyhow, here he is at the The newest teaching/entertaining Email [email protected] bottom, and ready to be introduced to bear is the Muppet, Fozzie Bear, created you. Winnie-the-Pooh.” Pooh Bear is a by Jim Henson and played by Frank Oz. By the nineteenth century in gentle, playful teacher of morals to Fozzie isn’t as cuddly as his predecessors western culture, some images of bears children, and has become the center of but he is gruff and bumbles. taught moral lessons, parodied an entertainment franchise. Movies portray bears from dysfunc- modern society, or were fools, clowns From 1939-1954 Rudolf Ising directed tional families and bears playing in and children. 27 8-to-10 minute animated films for bands. American Greetings created a Two of the first films, by Thomas MGM featuring Barney Bear, dressed in marketing franchise in 1981 featuring Edison and James White in 1899, old vest and pants held up with a hank the Care Bears in a television show, featured bears. In Trick Bear, a bear is of rope. The films include The Rookie Bear movies, cards and other merchandise. dressed in a “Mother Hubbard” gown (about Barney’s stint in boot camp), In today’s western society, some and large nightcap for the amusement of Barney Bear’s Victory Garden, The Flying bears are little more than marketing onlookers. Fun in Camp, a 56-second Bear, The Fishing Bear, The Bear that tools; icons used to induce people, film, shows a group of soldiers and Red Couldn’t Sleep (about abortive attempts at especially children, to buy stuff. Cross nurses in camp being amused by hibernation), The Prospecting Bear, The small children riding on the backs of Bear and the Beavers, and Bah Wilderness. Bears trick bears. Beginning in 1942 Barney appeared in a Some folks say there ain’t no bears in Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle comic book series—still a bumbling, Arkansas Book (1894), and The Second Jungle Book good-natured bear. Some folks never seen a bear at all (1895), collections of animal stories, Paddington Bear was created on Some folks say that bears go around considered by many as his finest Christmas eve 1957 when author eating babies raw writing. A central figure is Baloo the Michael Bond purchased the last Some folks got a bear across the hall Bear, the only other animal allowed stuffed bear in a shop near Paddington into wolf pack council meetings. Baloo Station, London. Paddington Bear is Some folks say that bears go around is “the sleepy brown bear who teaches unkempt and wears Wellington boots smelling bad the wolf cubs the Law of the and a duffel coat. He is a child-like Others say that a bear is honey sweet Jungle…and who can come and go as bear from Peru with a passion for Some folks say this bear’s the best I he pleases because he eats only nuts marmalade sandwiches. Paddington is ever had and roots and honey.” Baloo is gruff, an innocent with a knack for getting Some folks got a bear beneath their feet nurturing, and the perfect companion into difficult situations. In the New for the boy, Mowgli. In two Disney York Times Book Review, Ellen Lewis Some folks drive the bears out of the movies he was remade into a goofy, Buell cites the bear’s “endearing wilderness singing comic. combination of bearishness and Some to see a bear would pay a fee In the twentieth century bears boyishness” as one reason for his Me I just bear up to bewildered best became the focus of stories for young popularity. Pico Iyer, Village Voice, says And some folks even see the bear in me children, teaching morals, manners and “Paddington is a resolute little fellow skills. These bears look like humans, wear of strong principles and few preju- So meet a bear and take him out to clothing, behave like children or dices, full of resourcefulness and free lunch with you bumbling adults, and make good of rancor: both the bear next door and And even though your friends may companions for children. The best something of a role model.” stop and stare known is Edward Bear, created by A.A. The Berenstain Bears by Jan Just remember that’s a bear there in Milne in 1926: “HERE is Edward Bear, Berenstain, teach life lessons in 22 books the bunch with you coming downstairs now, bump, bump, for first time readers. The B. Bears gently And they just don’t come no better bump, on the back of his head, behind and humorously teach about telling the than a bear. Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he truth, bad dreams, friends, junk food, knows, the only way of coming down- cleaning up, vacations and other small Written by Steve Fronholz stairs, but sometimes he feels that there life lessons. They have become a major Performed by Lyle Lovett International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 25 Communications Book Review: The History of Bears on the Kodiak Archipelago

By Larry Van Daele. the animal, like the natives, lives Alaska Natural History Association, mostly on fish and shellfish.” And, 2003, 83 pages, US$6.95, in 1901 a sportsman reported that, ISBN 0-930931-47-5. “most people have an exaggerated idea of the number of bears on the Van Daele opens his book with: Kodiak Islands. Personally I believe “Kodiak…the name conjures up that they are too few ever to make images of mystery, grandeur, and shooting them popular.” Finally, in power. At the heart of that mystique is 1938 a Game Commission biologist the mighty Kodiak bear.” He adds to said, “the bear have so increased that image with a thorough and that they are more and more balanced history that begins with how invading all parts of the Island. The the Kodiak Archipelago was formed, general increase and invasion is the ancestors of Kodiak bears, and how such as to have resulted in depreda- and when Kodiak bears likely arrived tions to white settlement and on the archipelago. He describes the aroused the present complaints not first contact between bears and only by livestock owners, but effort; refined and improved bear humans, and provides interesting cannerymen and fishermen as well.” management practices; new forms of information about how Natives Chapters detail the establishment bear and human conflicts; a growing interacted with bears. Modern of the Kodiak National Wildlife interest in bear viewing; and increased hunters will be humbled to know Refuge to protect bears, how World planning efforts by the Kodiak that: “Bears were usually stalked by War II impacted bears by increasing National Refuge and the Alaska groups of two to three hunters armed the number of people on Kodiak Department of Fish and Game. with bows and arrows…If the bear and, ultimately, hunting pressure; Perhaps most important, the book attacked, the hunters defended initial research on Kodiak bears; and tells how the Exxon Valdez oil spill, themselves with spears.” how management of bears evolved in despite its serious environmental The book continues with discus- response to various pressures. consequences, was beneficial to sions about the commercial harvest Readers will learn contrasting views Kodiak bears. Settlement funds of bears for their hides; conflicts on how bears affect runs of spawning allowed acquisition and return to the between commercial fishermen and salmon, and that in the 1960s there refuge of most lands that had been bears, and between cattlemen and was a bear control program that lost to Native conveyance. bears; the intervention of sportsmen included aerial gunning of bears. The book is easy to read and on behalf of Kodiak bears; the origins Later in the book, the author does a provides a good overview of events and implications of modern game good job of explaining how oil that have influenced Kodiak bears management; and the impact on development in Alaska led to Alaska over the years. There is an extensive bears of Mount Katmai’s eruption. Native Claims legislation and literature cited section. The book Many people are aware that Kodiak ultimately the conveyance of over has good black and white photos bears and their habitat are currently 300,000 acres of refuge lands, and although I would have preferred in good condition but are unaware some of the best bear habitat, to more photos to highlight key that these animals have endured Native corporations. He details how information presented in each some tough times. The author’s the refuge’s bear hunting permit chapter. I liked this book and research uncovered interesting system, as well as the bear manage- recommend it as an informative and references and intriguing quotes that ment roles of the refuge and the enjoyable read for professionals and reveal how Kodiak bears were Alaska Department of Fish and others interested in bears. perceived at various times. For Game, were undergoing change. New Review by example, in 1868 military troops impacts on bear habitat, primarily Vic Barnes noted that, “brown bears of great size timber harvest and hydroelectric U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and are sometimes killed. The natives eat developed are also covered. U.S. Geological Service (retired) these when they can get them, but The final chapter covers the past 20 PO Box 1546 the flesh is rank and disagreeable, as years, a period of substantial research Westcliffe, Colorado 81252, USA

26 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Communications New Release: Living with Bears A Large European Carnivore in a Shrinking World

The book in- Contested Notions of Brown Bear cludes 16 articles Territory in Slovenia. (D. Sibley) contributed by 27 Anatomy of a Human: Brown Bear authors from Conflict Case Study from Slovenia Slovenia, Croatia, in 1999-2000. (B. Krystufek and Bulgaria, United H.I. Griffiths) Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Czech Repub- Part Three, Case Studies lic and Slovakia. The Brown Bear in Slovenia: A Brief The text is entirely Summary of the 20th Century in English (376 Population Dynamics and Future pages). The book is Conservation Issues. (M. Adamic) hard cover, printed Long-Term Human Impact on Core on high quality Brown Bear Territory: The Kocevje paper and includes Area of South-Central Slovenia. numerous color and (C. Strumbelj and B. Krystufek) black and white Present Status and Management of photographs, Large Carnivores in Croatia (D. graphs, drawings Huber, A. Frkovic, Z. Stahan, J. and maps. Kusak and A. Majic) The Brown Bear in the Southern Contents: Balkans. (N. Spassov) The Brown Bear in the Czech Part One, Republic. (J. Cerveny and P. General Koubek) The Pleistocene The Brown Bear in Slovakia. (N. History of the Martinkova and A. Zahradnikova) Brown Bear with Edited by Boris Krystufek, Bozidar Particular Reference to the Part Four, Management Flajsman and Huw I. Griffiths. Western Palaearctic. (D.C. Schreve Directives and Provisions for the Published by Ecological Forum of the and A.P. Currant) Conservation of Large Carnivores Liberal Democracy of Slovenia in in Slovenia. (J. Vidic) cooperation with the Liberal Acad- Part Two, Large Carnivore- Conservation Strategy for the Brown emy, Slovenia, Ljubljana, 2003. Human Interactions Bear in Slovenia. (A. Simonic) Humans and Carnivores in Slovenia Monitoring and Managing Bear US$62 (including shipping). During the Upper Pleistocene. Habitat in Slovenia Using a order from: Interactions Between Neander- Geographical Information System, MK Trgovina d.d. thals and the Cave Bear. (I. Turk) Computer Modelling and Satellite Galerija ARS Is Coexistence Possible? Public Remote Sensing Data: An Example Jurcicev trg 2 Opinion of Large Carnivores in from Bears and Corridors. (G. 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija the Alps and Dinaric Mountains. Ferrier, D. Wilson, B. Krystufek Phone 00386 1 2412760 (P. Kaczensky) and H. I. Griffiths) Fax 00386 1 2414765 The History of Human-Carnivore Translocation of Slovenian Brown Email [email protected] Conflicts in Slovenia. (R. Erhatic Bears into the Adamello Brenta Sirnik) Natural Park, Italy. (M. Jonozovic and A. Mustoni)

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 27 Communications Safety in Bear Bear Research on Country Society Education Website Activity

Grant MacHutchon We are working with members of Mark MacAllister 237 Curtis Road the Wildlife Conservation Society Email [email protected] Comox, BC V9M 3W1, Canada and the Northern Forum to do Phone (919) 545-3068 Phone/Fax (250) 339-5260 Russian language versions of the Email [email protected] videos Staying Safe in Bear Country Appalachian American black bear and Working in Bear Country. The and Sri Lankan sloth bear projects The Safety in Bear Country Society scripts have been translated, but we are among several featured on Field is currently working on a new video need funding to complete voice-overs. Trip Earth (FTE), a conservation titled Staying Safe in Polar Bear Staying Safe in Bear Country is now education website operated by the Country. We have completed a available on DVD through Magic North Carolina Zoological Society. number of production tasks and will Lantern Communications Ltd. (http:/ FTE (www.fieldtripearth.org) tells the continue to do what we can this /www.magiclantern.ca; 1-800-667- stories of field-based wildlife conser- winter. However, we still need 1500).The DVD has English and vation projects, with a focus on the substantial funding to finish the French (Québecois) versions of the people, wildlife, and places key to production, so if you have any video and also allows viewers to efforts to protect endangered animals suggestions, please let me know. We select specific sections. and habitats. While the site is convened a meeting of traditional designed to serve kindergarten knowledge or Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit through twelfth grade classrooms, its and science experts on polar bear audience also includes university behavior and human safety around students, professional wildlife research- bears in Iqaluit, Nunavut to discuss ers, members of the media, and many relevant safety messages. This others. FTE is used in each of the fifty meeting was very productive and we states in the USA and in about 100 developed a solid framework for nations world-wide.

revising our draft script, which was © Joan Skidmore Each field project on the site subsequently done. We decided to View Polar Bear provides users with background use as much stock footage as possible information on the objectives and on this production to try and avoid Migration on Web methods of the research, the species an expensive field shoot. We are under study, and the region in which currently producing a rough off-line Polar Bears International (PBI), in the program is occurring. Two bear- of the video from which we will conjunction with Tundra Buggy related projects—the long-running decide which footage, if any, we need Adventure is again offering webcasts Great Smoky Mountains black bear to get ourselves. of the famed polar bear migration project now led by Dr. Frank van We are continuing production of from land to sea ice in the Hudson Manen, and Dr. Shyamala the video Living in Bear Country Bay near Churchill, Manitoba, Ratnayeke’s pioneering sloth bear highlighted in the May 2002 issue of Canada. You’ll be able to see this live work in Sri Lanka—feature a rich International Bear News (use the form coverage at the PBI website— array of digital photographs, video on page 43 to order your copy). We www.polarbearsinternational.org— clips, maps, and other resources. have revised our draft script based on through late November. Members of the research teams, input from a number of people There is no charge for viewing the including graduate students and field involved in bear–human interaction 30-second refresher. For those who assistants, also contribute field journal management and education. We would like to view a continuous live entries, personal essays, and other completed a field shoot this past video streamer over the entire writings about their experiences spring and have compiled a large log period, there is a one-time US$25 working with wildlife in the field. of stock footage. Final production subscription fee payable by credit Wildlife conservation researchers will occur over the winter. We are card. This live streamer really is quite interested in sharing information still seeking funding for this produc- spectacular! about their own field activities via tion, so if you have any suggestions, Please take a minute to see one of the website are especially urged to please let me know. the greatest wildlife happenings on contact the address above. earth!

28 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Communications San Diego: Want to Chew the Fat on Bear Foods?

Karen Noyce help from other people across the If you are interested participating Wildlife Research Biologist area, but whatever we asked them to in such a discussion, sharing your Minnesota Department of do had to be quick and uncompli- experiences, and/or soliciting Natural Resources cated. We devised a survey that, with suggestions for your own study area, 1201 East Highway 2 a few small changes, we have used please contact me at the above Grand Rapids, MN 55744, USA for 20 years. Essentially, volunteer address. If there is enough interest, I Phone (218) 327-4133 observers assign subjective produc- will look into arranging a time and Email [email protected] tivity ratings to the food species they place during the conference for such are familiar with (Noyce, K.V., and a discussion. Bears spend an enormous amount D.L. Garshelis. 1997. Influence of of their waking time and energy natural food abundance on black finding and consuming food. The bear harvests in Minnesota. Journal of abundance of fruits and nuts, dietary Wildlife Management 61:1067-1074). staples of many bear species, tend to We did not know, when we fluctuate dramatically. Bear biologists started, whether or not the results of understand this and interpret bear such a subjective survey would be behavior accordingly. Without this sufficiently accurate to be useful. In perspective, much of the geographic fact, they have proven to be surpris- © Denis Torres Andean Bears and temporal variation in bear ingly and consistently helpful for sightings, nuisance behavior, and understanding many aspects of the on the Web bear hunting could appear erratic annual bear harvest, bear reproduc- and illogical. tion, movements, and nuisance Denis Alexander Torres, President Despite recognition of the funda- activity. Because of this, I always now Fundacion Andigena mental influence of food supply on advise others starting bear projects to Email [email protected] bear behavior and biology, relatively start documenting food abundance Website www.andigena.org few studies include systematic right away. Of course, that may be documentation of food abundance. easier said than done. In places The website for Carnivore Conserva- This is not too surprising; the array where bear diets are more complex tion (www.carnivoreconservation.org) of foods used by bears sometimes than in Minnesota (e.g., the tropics), discusses information about the includes dozens of species, each the diversity of species and their Andean Bear Project, Venezuela, distributed unevenly across the sporadic fruiting schedules may directed by the Fundacion Andigena landscape. The time and staff make this a formidable task. (www.andigena.org). This work required for precise quantification of I would like to know if, among received valuable support from the food biomass is prohibitive. More- those planning to attend the San Houston Zoo (www.houstonzoo.org) over, it may seem unnecessary, Diego conference in February, there and the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo because often the food conditions are those who would be like to (www.clemetzoo.com). We invite you responsible for observed bear behav- participate in an informal discussion to become familiar with and share iors are obvious. session about monitoring food this information. Very early in our more than 20- abundance. It would be an opportu- A new web page has been year study of American black bears, nity to hear other biologists’ perspec- launched: El Parque Nacional Sierra however, we realized that neither tives on monitoring and document- Nevada: (www.andigena.org/ could we trust ourselves to remember ing food abundance. What works sierranevada). This was made from year to year what seemed and what doesn’t? Have efforts been possible thanks to a strategic alliance obvious at the time, nor could we worthwhile, in terms of the informa- formed through the Fundacion always explain bear behavior by the tion they have provided? How do Andigena, the Instituto Nacional De food conditions that were obvious to subjective ratings systems compare Parques-Inparques, and the Empresa us. We needed a way to reliably to more quantitative approaches? De Soluciones En Internet Estudio monitor a number of food species What approaches to this problem Pro. We hope that you enjoy this across a large area on an annual would be most useful in different new page about our conservation basis. To do this, we needed to enlist environments? efforts in the Andes.

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 29 Events 16th International Conference on Bear Research and Management September 27-October 1, 2005 Trento, Italy

Claudio Groff the Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Email [email protected] and the National Wildlife Institute Provincia Autonoma di Trento, with the support of Slovenian Servizio Faunistico authorities. So far 10 individuals, Via Trener n. 3 captured in Slovenia, have been 38100 Trento, Italy released. An adult female died in Phone +39 0461 494961 winter 2001 under an avalanche; the Fax +39 0461 494972 first two cubs were born in 2002 and & two more this year. Piero Genovesi Trento has 101,000 inhabitants National Wildlife Institute and is located in the Adige valley, Via Ca’ Fornacetta 9 very close to the bears’ range, in the I-40064 Ozzano Emilia BO, Italy most spectacular region of the entire Fax ++39 051 796628 Alpine arch, between Lake Garda and Email [email protected] the Dolomites. It is a very charming town, with plentiful historical The 16th IBA conference is being monuments and museums, castles organized by the Provincia and sanctuaries, wine cellars and Autonoma di Trento and the Na- restaurants, and opportunities for tional Wildlife Institute. The meeting archeological, historical and nature is being chaired by Romano Masé, tours. In Trento there is a very active head of Wildlife Service, Provincia university, and the town hosts Autonoma di Trento; with co-chairs several important festivals and Piero Genovesi, National Wildlife meetings. Institute; and Claudio Groff, Wildlife The town is on a major motor- Service Provincia Autonoma di way, 244 km from Milan, 153 km Trento from Venice (where we plan to Trento is the chief town of the organize an excursion). It is also well area where the last autochthonous connected by train with Austria. The bears of the Alps survive. Since 1999, closest airports are Verona (103 km) a translocation of bears was started and Bolzano (50 km). by the Adamello Brenta Natural Park, We look forward to meeting you all in our wonderful mountains!

Eighteenth Eastern Black Bear Workshop Ninth Western Black Bear The Florida Fish and Wildlife Thomas Eason, Chief Conservation Commission will host Bureau of Wildlife Workshop the 18th Eastern Black Bear Work- Diversity and Conservation shop. Tentative plans are for the Florida Fish and Wildlife The New Mexico Department of meeting to be held in central Florida, Conservation Commission Game and Fish and Philmont Scout late March 2005. Details will be Bryant Building Ranch are hosting the Ninth Western reported as they develop. Contact: 620 S. Meridian Street Black Bear Workshop, tentatively Tallahassee,, FL 32399-1600, USA scheduled for spring 2005. Details Phone (850) 413-7379 will be provided as they develop. Fax (850) 921-1847 Email [email protected]

30 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Events AZA DNA Methods: Regional Workshops Wildlife Distribution Call for Papers & Abundance Western Regional Workshop Columbia Mountains Under Construction: Institute of Applied Ecology Conservation in Progress December 1-4, 2003 Santa Barbara Zoo, USA Nelson, British Columbia, March 17-20, 2004 Canada Papers, workshops and panel discussions will focus on how and $600.00 plus 7% GST what zoos are building, bringing Class size is limited to 24 people. conservation programs to new levels. Instructors: For developing or moderating a John Boulanger, Integrated session, presenting a paper, hosting a Ecological Research (inventory and workshop, or leading a panel mark/recapture statistical analysis); discussion, contact Kirsten Friar Garth Mowat, Aurora Wildlife ([email protected]) or Alan Varsik Research (developing a DNA-based ([email protected]), Santa Barbara project plan);

© Joan Skidmore Zoo, 500 Niños Drive, Santa Barbara, Dr. David Paetkau, Wildlife CA 93103, USA, fax (805) 962-1673. Carnivores 2004 Genetics International (DNA meth- Sessions include: Expanding Partnerships in ods and data analysis); • Keynote Speaker, John Cleese Carnivore Conservation Dr. John Woods, Parks Canada • Building Conservation Partnerships (course coordinator). • Can Zoos Go Pop? November 14-17, 2004 Our instructors will introduce Pop Culture and Your Programs Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA modern advances in DNA technol- • Oceans Session ogy (mtDNA, nDNA, PCR, sample Call for Papers storage) and methods to identify Eastern Regional Workshop species, sex, individuals, and popula- Unlimited Potential— Defenders of Wildlife is pleased to tions. The class illustrates how DNA Limited Resources announce Carnivores 2004: Expand- data can be used in animal inven- Louisville Zoo, USA ing Partnerships in Carnivore tory, census, and monitoring projects May 12-15, 2004 Conservation. This will be our fifth using presence/absence, and open Papers, workshops and panel biennial carnivore conservation and closed model mark/recapture discussions will focus on doing a lot conference. Defenders is accepting analysis to estimate abundance and with tight budgets, limited time and oral (15 minute talk) and poster track population change with time. personnel. Share the “what” and presentation submissions for Carni- Using a grizzly bear inventory “how” from conservation projects to vores 2004. Abstract submissions project as an example, we will show exhibits to events and marketing must be received by 1 June 2004. development of a field project using campaigns. Topics include: While the conference focus is on the collection of DNA from free- • Animal Health and Management partnerships in conservation, we will ranging bears as the primary • Orangutan Training Workshop consider any papers covering topics method. The instructors will use • Strategic Preparedness such as biology, behavior, taxonomy, their experience applying these • Strategic Philanthropy general ecology, recovery, manage- methods with bears, but the course is • Education and Theater Partnerships ment, and economic impacts of applicable to all wildlife species, and • Conservation Partnerships terrestrial, avian and marine carni- examples from other taxa will be For developing or moderating a vore species (canids, bears, cats, used. This course is designed as an session, presenting a paper, hosting a mesocarnivores, raptors, whales, in-service professional development workshop or leading a panel discussion, dolphins, sharks, etc.). Please visit opportunity for those engaged in or contact: John Walczak ((502) 238-5335, our official conference website, planning field studies using DNA [email protected]) or www.carnivoreconference.org or leave techniques. Marcelle Gianelloni ((502)238-5328, a message at (202) 789-2844 x315 for For more information, a course [email protected]). complete Carnivores 2004 and outline, pre-reading list and on-line abstract submission details. registration, please visit www.cmiae.org and go to “Upcoming Courses.” International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 31 Events International Polar Bear Husbandry Conference Mastering Our Mysteries

hosted by among wild and captive populations, • Create an atmosphere that encour- Polar Bears International in and life-enrichment opportunities. ages dialog and networking association with AZA’s In support of our mission of between field researchers and Bear Taxon Advisory Group “Conservation through Education,” captive bear managers, Bahia Hotel, San Diego, our primary objective at this confer- • Attract a broad depth of audience, California, USA ence is to provide a forum for a free • Provide an enriched conference February 4-7, 2004 and comprehensive exchange of environment. information about the issues facing Polar Bears International is a Online registration at both wild and captive populations of nonprofit organization dedicated to www.polarbearsinternational.org. polar bears. We know from experi- the sole mission of “Conservation Registration fee includes all lunches, ence that networking and informa- through Education.” We are proud of dinners, and reception, $275 for PBI tion sharing is the surest way to the fact that we are a clean organiza- members. protect the health, well-being, and tion with a very strong board of Bahia directors Hotel who $110 per receive night. neither Further pay nor informa- expense tion: reim- call burse- Barbara ment. Nielsen One (225) hundred 923-3114. percent of We our plan to donations bring go to our together initia- many of tives. Our the most © R & C Buchanan small experi- adminis- enced and knowledgeable bear environment of these noble crea- trative costs are paid by the profits professionals in the world, including tures. Our ultimate goal is to im- from our online gift shop. We are an noted scientists, zookeepers, and prove conditions for polar bears organization that is dedicated to the naturalists representing a broad wherever they live. understanding of all points of view spectrum of institutions. Dr. David Our goals are as follows: in hopes that a well-informed public Shepherdson will unveil the results of • Ongoing improvement of captive can make well-informed decisions. his three-year study on stereotypic bears’ quality of life, i.e. animal We are working hard to serve as a behavior. Other individuals who have welfare, central educational resource on polar been invited are posted on our website • Improve the ability of zoo staff to bears worldwide. We promote which will be updated monthly. communicate conservation issues teamwork and constantly encourage The conference will focus on the affecting polar bears, constructive dialog. areas of natural history, conserva- • Facilitate discussions between field We are sincerely hoping that you will tion, habitat, captive population researchers and captive caregivers, come and learn with us in mastering the management, diet, veterinary care, • Present the findings of Dr. David mysteries of the polar bear! public and keeper education issues, Shepherdson’s three-year study on behavioral problems, training, polar polar bear stereotypic behavior, Robert W. Buchanan, President bear exhibit design, ongoing research Polar Bears International Email [email protected]

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The Fifteenth International Although all individual poster For participants who do not have Conference on Bear Research and presentations have been selected, we access to the web, the registration Management will take place in San would like to invite participation form is on page 38 and can be Diego, California, USA. The confer- from agencies on the status and mailed to the address above. Pay- ence will focus on current issues trends of bears in states/provinces. If ments can be made in the same surrounding interactions between your agency would like to present a manner as those submitting an bears and humans around the world. poster, please submit an abstract to: electronic registration form. Visit the conference website at: http:/ Amy Brinkhaus Registration and payment can also /www.dfg.ca.gov/hunting/bear/iba/ California Department of be made at the time of the confer- information.htm Fish and Game ence, although we prefer pre- 2440 North Main Street conference registration for planning Papers and Posters Red Bluff, CA 96080, USA and administrative purposes. The last We selected 45 of the 74 abstracts Phone (530) 528-7439 day to register at the conference is submitted for oral presentation. A Email [email protected] Thursday, February 12. tentative program is on pages 36-37. For participants not wishing to Abstracts for oral presentation were Registration attend the full conference, there are placed in the following categories: Participants can register for the options of attending for one or two • Conservation Biology conference online at: http:// days only. These selections do not • Bear/Human Interactions www.dfg.ca.gov/hunting/bear/iba/ include the banquet, however • Field/Lab/Statistical Techniques registrationform.htm. We prefer the participants can attend the banquet • Habitat Assessment/Relationships form be submitted electronically for an additional fee. We are offering • Bear Management regardless of payment type so we can a discounted conference price to • Behavior plan the conference according to the students and IBA members. Please • Populations number of participants. Payment for see the conference registration form the conference can be made by for details (page 38). We have selected a total of 102 check, money order, credit card or Registration for the full conference posters presentations for two poster electronic payments to our bank includes attendance to all sessions sessions. account by wiring funds to bank and the beach banquet. The banquet Session 1: 321175261 and account number will include seafood, beef, salads, soft Conservation Biology 345279 (please mail or bring a copy drinks, and beer and wine from Bear/Human Interactions of your bank transaction receipt with select California vineyards and local Field/Lab/Statistical Techniques the registration form). Checks, breweries. The festivities will begin at Bear Management money orders and credit card 6:00 p.m. and wrap up at 10:00 p.m. Session 2: payments can be mailed with the Guests not attending the conference Habitat Assessment/Relationships registration form (see page 38) to: are welcome to attend the banquet Behavior Doug Updike for an additional fee. Make sure to Genetics/Physiology California Department of Fish and Game check the banquet selection on the 1812 9th Street registration form and indicate the Sacramento, CA 95814, USA. number of guests that plan on attending. Additional banquet passes can be purchased at the time of the conference, however we prefer you purchase them early.

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 33 Events Travel Grants Travel grant applications are due December 1, 2003. The earlier you get your application in, the better chance for receiving a grant as funding is limited. The application is printed below and on http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hunting/bear/iba/ grantform.pdf. Grant requirements are listed below: 1. Preference will be given to persons residing outside North America and Western Europe and giving oral or poster presentations at the conference. 2. Grants are intended to supplement funds from other sources, including personal, agency or NGO funds. Recipients must report their efforts to obtain at least some matching funds and explain those efforts in the application. 3. IBA Travel Grants will be limited to less than US$1,000. Recipients must include an estimate of all expected expenses in the application and provide an accounting of travel expenses (costs for air travel, conference fees, accommodations, etc. and all funding sources whether personal or from other entities) to the Travel Grant Committee at the conference. 4. Except in unusual circumstances, travel grants should only cover the cost of transportation. The Travel Grant Committee will reimburse costs at the conference.

Travel Grant Application

The deadline for travel grant applications is December 1, 2003. We prefer the information be sent as an attachment in an email to: [email protected]. Please put “Travel Grant Application” in the subject line. If it is not possible to send the information via email, it can be faxed or mailed to the address below. The earlier we receive the application, the better chance for funding. Applications are also online at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hunting/bear/iba/grantform.pdf

Name: ______Agency/Affiliation: ______Address: ______City, State, Country: ______Email: ______Telephone: ______Abstract Title: ______

Type of Expense US Dollar Amount Travel Expense Conference Registration Fee Hotel/Accommodations Other Required Expense Total Travel Expense

Other Funding Sources Personal Contribution Total Amount Requesting

If you have additional information you feel the Travel Grant Committee should know, please attach one page maximum and send in with your application.

Send application to: Department of Fish and Game WPB Attn: Jennapher Miller 1812 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814, USA Phone (916) 445-3564 Fax (916) 445-4048 Email [email protected]

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Travel Where to Stay Just 30 minutes from the confer- San Diego International Airport is Rooms have been reserved at the ence is Legoland, a theme park for located 10 miles from the Bahia Bahia Hotel in San Diego. Please children ages 2 to 12 and their Hotel which provides shuttles to and register early to take advantage of the families. There are hands-on activi- from the airport for a nominal fee. If block of rooms that have been set ties and over 50 rides to entertain you are not planning on staying at aside for the conference. There are 200 youngsters. For families with older the Bahia and require shuttle service rooms being set aside, both single and children and other interests, there is please contact the San Diego Con- double occupancy. Rooms can be Belmont Park located in Mission vention and Visitors Bureau at (619) reserved either online at: http:// Beach, one block from the hotel. 236-1212 or visit their website at www.bahiahotel.com/int0208.html or This theme park has a roller coaster, http://www.sandiego.org. www.bahiahotel.com or by calling one swimming pool, and carousel shops. of the numbers listed below. Traveling From Outside USA? From USA: 1-800-576-4229 Excursions Be sure to check on international From Canada: 1-800-233-8172 Field trip excursions are scheduled travel restrictions at http:// From Mexico: 1-800-288-0740 for Wednesday, February 11 (see page travel.state.gov/visa_services.html, at From Europe/Asia/Australia/South 39). There will be no presentations www.usvisa.gov, or call USA Visa America: 1-858-488-0551 that day. Visit the excursions page at Services (202) 663-1225, or contact your Hostels and boarding houses are in http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hunting/bear/ local embassy consular. New changes the vicinity of the conference. For iba/excursions.htm for information on can increase the time it takes to get a hostels, check http:// the field trips. We are in the process of visa. If a visa is necessary, apply well www.hostelworld.com or contact the developing a link to other activities in advance. San Diego Convention and Visitors available in the area for those not Passports must meet new USA Bureau at (619) 236-1212 or http:// wishing to go on an excursion. requirements for electronic reading. www.sandiego.org. For boarding houses Transportation will be provided for Your electronically readable passport visit http://www.SMARTPages.com anyone registering for an excursion. may not meet the new U.S. require- online and search for “boarding houses” The number of seats for the excursions ments (for example, most Norwegian in the San Diego area. is limited, so for those waiting to sign passports do not). If your passport up at the time of the conference, does not meet these requirements, Local Attractions availability of transportation cannot you must either obtain one or apply There is a variety of activities in the be guaranteed. for a visa to attend the conference. local San Diego area for guests and In addition, Canadians now need family members while participants Vendors proof of citizenship (birth certificate) attend the conference, including Exhibit space is available. There and photo identification or a pass- kayaking, jet skiing, skating, biking, will be two rooms available which port. A driver’s license alone is no parasailing, scuba diving, horseback overlook Mission Bay and Santa longer sufficient. riding, golfing, surfing and sailing. Barbara Cove. The exhibit space is Contact conference chair Doug Tours of the city are available either by limited and will be given on a first- Updike ([email protected]) if you trolley or hot air balloon. come, first-served basis. The cost of need a letter of invitation or other Whether you prefer modern each exhibit space is $400 and assistance. shopping centers or local specialty includes an 8-foot skirted table, two shops, San Diego has it all. A 15- chairs, an extension cord to an minute ferry ride can take you to electrical outlet, and a waste basket. Coronado Island’s shopping district Security will be provided. For more which hosts specialty shops, street information visit the conference entertainers and restaurants. Seaport website at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/ Village has four miles of specialty hunting/bear/iba/dfglink.html or shops along cobblestone streets. There contact: are a variety of modern shopping Amy Brinkhaus centers all within 5 to 20 minutes Email [email protected] from the conference. Phone (530) 528-7439.

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Sunday, February 8 Landscape Features, Attractants, and Tuesday, February 10 Registration and Ice Breaker Conflict Hotspots: A Spatial Breakfast/Registration Analysis of Human-Grizzly Bear Monday, February 9 Conflicts on Private Agricultural Session 3: Field & Lab Techniques Breakfast/Registration Lands by Seth M. Wilson, Jill M. A Review of Physiological Studies Belsky, James A. Burchfiels, on Bear Nutrition, Invited Session 1: Conservation Biology Jonathan M. Graham, Michael J. Speaker: Charlie Robbins. Small Brown Bear Populations Made, David J. Mattson. Isotopic Assessment of Habitat Worldwide: A Summary of Geographical Information Systems Quality and Brown Bear Feeding Conservation Actions and Results (GIS) as a Tool for Reducing Bear Behavior by Owen T. Nevin, Barrie Invited Speaker: Chris Servheen. Human Conflicts by John K. Gilbert. The Selkirk and Cabinet/Yaak Grizzly Paczkowski, Roger Wheate. Critter Cam: First Use of Animal- Bear Populations: A Rationale for Black Bears and Beeyard Depredation Borne Imaging for Direct Observa- Enhanced Conservation Efforts by at Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia by tion of Brown Bear Behavior and Michael Proctor, Christopher Joseph D. Clark, Steven Dobey, Ecology in a Temperate Rainforest Servheen, Wayne Kasworm, Darrin V. Masters, Brian Sheick, of Alaska by Greg Marshall, Wayne Wakkinen, Sterling Miller. Michael Pelton, Melvin E. Sunquist. LaVern Beier, David Rasch, Mehdi Are Black Bears a Factor in the The Integration of Human Dimen- Bakhtiari, Mike Heithaus. Restoration of North American sions with the Environmental Using Geostatistics to Determine Grizzly Bear Populations? by Context: A Study of Polar Bear Allele Frequency Patterns of Two David J. Mattson, Steven Herrero. Observers in the Cape Churchill Black Bear Populations in Eastern Effect of Political and Socio-Eco- Wildlife Management Area/ North Carolina by Laura M. nomic Reforms in the Post-Soviet Wapusk National Park, Churchill, Thompson, Frank T. Van Manen, Russia on the Brown Bear Popula- Manitoba by R. Harvey Lemelin. Tim L. King. tion by Mikhail Vaisfeld. Bears, Humans and Habituation by Effects of Sub-Sampling on Black A Survey of Legal and Illegal Harvest Tom Smith, Steve Herrero. Bear Population Estimates Ob- of Brown Bears in Kamchatka, When Does “Habituation” Make tained Using Noninvasive Genetic Russia by Alexander Valentsev, Bears Less Dangerous? by Stephen Techniques by Catherine A. John Paczkowski. F. Stringham. Tredick, Thomas Eason, Stephanie Controlling Illegal Trade in Bears Nature of Sloth Bear Attacks and L. Simek, Dean F. Stauffer, Michael Parts: Wildlife Forensic Initiatives Human Casualties in North R. Vaughan. in India by S.P. Goyal, Reeta Bilaspur Forest Division, Home Ranges of American Black Sharma, Vivek Sehajpal. Chattisgarh, India by Harendra Bears in Western Virginia: An Is the Sloth Bear in India Secure? An Singh Bargali, Naim Akhtar, N.P.S. Evaluation of a Long-Term Study Analysis of Distribution, Threats, Chauhan. Design by Colleen Olfenbuttel, and Conservation Requirements Forest Fires and Increased Human- Andrew S. Bridges, Daniel Lee, by K. Yoganand. Sun Bear Conflicts in East Michael R. Vaughan. Andean Bear Ecoregional Conserva- Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo Tooth Measurements and Sexual tion Strategy by Luis German by Gabriella Fredriksson. Dimorphism in the American Naranjo, Oiga Lucia Hernandez, Sanitation in Bear Country: Methods, Black Bear by David Mather. Daniel Rodriguez, Francisco Protocols and Equipment to To Weigh or Not to Weigh—That is Cuesta, Isaac Goldstein. Minimize Bear/Human Conflicts the Question? by Marc R.L. Cattet, Multi-Temporal Analysis of Fragmen- by James J. Claar, Richard Karsky, Martyn E. Obbard. tation Patterns on the Andean Kim Barber, Mark Hinschberger, Training for Trust by Susan Euing. Bear Distribution Area in Bolivia James J. Jonkel. Evaluation of Deterrent Techniques by Ximena Velez-Liendo. on Altering Behavior of “Nui- Student Pizza Ice Breaker and sance” Black Bears by Jon P. Session 2: Bear/Human Interactions Proposal Presentations Beckmann, Carl W. Lackey, Joel Grizzly of California, Invited Berger. Speaker: Dave Graber. Living With Bears by Steve Herrero (Public Program I) 36 International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 Events

Session 4: Bear Management Grizzly Bear Associations and Pairing Influence of Mast Production on A Review of Status and Trends of Along the Eastern Slopes of Black Bear Non-Seasonal Mortali- the Grizzly Bears in the Alberta by Gordon B. Stenhouse, ties in West Virginia by Christo- Yellowstone Ecosystem, Invited John Boulanger, John Lee, Karen pher W. Ryan. Speaker: Charles Schwartz. Graham, Julie Duval, Robin Mapping the Socio-Political Context Munro, Jerome Cranston. Session 7: Populations for Grizzly Bear Conservation in Status, Trends and Risks of Polar the Banff Bow Valley Region of The IBA Grants Program—The First Bears of the World, Invited Canada by Murray B. Rutherford, 11 Years by Frederick C. Dean Speaker: Andy Derocher. Michael L. Gibeau. Characteristics of Himalayan Brown Recent Trends in the Occurrence of IBA Council Meeting Bear Population in Deosai Na- Brown Bear in Finland: Connec- tional Park, Pakistan by tions to Harvest by Ilpo Kojola, Poster Session 2: Mohammad Ali Nawaz, Rafiq Tuire Nygren, Mauri Pesonen, Habitat Assessment/Relationships Rajput. Vesa Ruusila. Behavior Black Bear Population Density and Population Abundance of Sloth Bears Genetics/Physiology Genetic Diversity at Apostle (Melursus ursinus) and Manage- Islands National Lakeshore by ment Implications in Unprotected Giant Pandas by Don Lindburg Jerrold L. Belant, Julie F. Van Habitat of North Milaspur Forest (Public Program II) Stappen, David Paetkau. Division, Madhya Pradesh, India Reproductive Ecology of American by Naim Akhtar, Harendra Singh Friday, February 13 Black Bears in Northwestern Bargali, N.P.S. Chauhan. Breakfast Virginia by Andrew S. Bridges, Spatial Management of Black Bear Colleen Olfenbuttel, Michael R. Harvest in North Carolina by Session 6: Habitat Assessment/ Vaughan. Gordon S. Warburton, Mark D. Relationships Reproduction and Survival of Brown Jones, J. Scott Osborne. Black Bears and Brown Bears as Bears in Southwest Alaska by Predators, Invited Speaker: Pete Steven D. Kovach, Gail H. Collins, Poster Session 1: Zager. Michael T. Hinkes, Jeffery Denton. Conservation Biology Food Plants and Habitat Require- Bear/Human Interactions ments of Himalayan Brown Bear Session 8: Behavior Field/Lab/Statistical Techniques in Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary, India Contrasting Patterns of Maternal Bear Management by Bipan C. Rathore, N.P.S. Care in the Giant Panda and Chauhan. American Black Bear by Ronald Beach Banquet Habitat Assessment for Potential Swaisgood, Donald G. Lindburg, Reintroduction of Black Bears to Megan A. Owen, Suzanne Hal. Wednesday, February 11 the Mobile-Tensaw Delta of Activity Patterns of an Urban Black Excursions Southwestern Alabama by Kent R. Bear Population in the San Gabriel Hersey, Andrew S. Edwards, Joseph Mountains of Southern California Thursday, February 12 D. Clark. by Amy Jean Brinkhaus. Breakfast/Registration Modeling Grizzly Bear Den Site Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) Selection in Mountain and Plateau Trail Use and Tree Marking Session 5: Infanticide Landscapes Along the Parsnip Behavior by Isaac Goldstein, Why Males Kill Infants: An Evolu- River, British Columbia by Lana Robert Marquez. tionary Perspective by Volker M. Ciarniello, Mark S. Boyce, Dale Olfactory Communication Among Sommer. Seip, Doug Heard. Black Bears by Benjamin Kilham. Infanticide Panel Presentations. Denning Ecology and the Effects of Human Activity on Grizzly Bears Awards by Mike Vaughn that Den in the Prudhoe Bay Region, Alaska by Richard T. Wrap-Up & Conference End Shideler.

International Bear News November 2003 vol. 12, no. 4 37 Events Fifteenth IBA Conference Registration Form 8-13 February 2004 San Diego, California, USA

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Field Trips Field trip excursions are scheduled for Wednesday, February 11, 2004. If you would like to attend an excursion indicate the number of persons planning to attend next to the selection on the registration form on page 38 or at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/ hunting/bear/iba/registrationform.htm. Payment is for transportation to the event only. The payment for bus fare is required at the time of registration in order to reserve enough seats. Admission prices for each excursion need to be paid separately from the conference registration. Visit the excursions webpage: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hunting/bear/iba/excursions.htm.

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