PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH WESTERN BLACK BEAR WORKSHOP 2-5 May 2000 • Coos Bay, Oregon DAVE IMMELL, Editor in Chief Editors: E. CHARLES MESLOW JACK A. MORTENSON DEWAINE H. JACKSON DONALD G. WHITTAKER Sponsored by Central Cascades Black Bear Research Project International Association for Bear Research and Management The Jeff Allen Conservation Fund The Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife Society United States Fish and Wildlife Service The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Suggested citation: Author’s name(s). 2001. Paper title. Western Black Bear Workshop 7:___-___ © 2001 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife P.O. Box 59 • Portland, Oregon 97207 ISBN 0-944-740-11-1 Information on how to order additional copies of this volume or other volumes in this series, as well as volumes of Ursus, the official publication of the International Association for Bear Research and Management, may be obtained from the IBA web site: www.bearbiology.com, from the IBA newsletter International Bear News, or from Terry White, Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, The University of Tennessee, P.O. Box 1071, Knoxville, TN 37901-1071, USA. TABLE OF CONTENTS Note: The Table of Contents has been formatted to reflect the chronology of the Workshop program. Preface………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...vi ORAL PRESENTATIONS Social Aspects – Bears and People Session Chair: Chuck Meslow THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF BEAR MANAGEMENT: ARIZONA’S EXPERIENCE WITH LITIGATION FROM A BLACK BEAR MAULING Gerald L. Perry and Michael J. Rusing………………………………………………………………………………………………….…1 NEW ALLIANCE BETWEEN AGENCY AND PUBLIC REDUCES BEAR PROBLEMS Douglas Updike and Robert Malm……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…9 TRENDS IN BLACK BEAR-HUMAN CONFLICTS DURING A 2-DECADE BURGEONING BEAR POPULATION – Abstract David L. Garshelis and Karen V. Noyce………………………………………………………………………………………………….13 A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO WORKING IN BEAR COUNTRY – Abstract Patty Hogg………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14 IMPACTS OF A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN BLACK BEAR AT A WASHINGTON NAVAL INSTALLATION - Abstract T.J. James…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 15 INVESTIGATION INTO A BLACK BEAR POACHING RING IN OREGON – Presentation only Walt Markee INVITED SPEAKER - BEYOND BIOLOGY: WHERE BEAR MANAGEMENT GETS TOUGH - Abstract Tom Beck, Colorado Division of Wildlife………………………………………………………………………….……………………… 16 Research Methods and Techniques Session Chair: Jack Mortenson COMPARISON OF AN EXPANDABLE RADIO-COLLAR AND AN EAR TAG TRANSMITTER FOR MONITORING JUVENILE BLACK BEARS - Abstract Cecily M. Costello, Robert M. Inman, Kris L. Higgins, Donald E. Jones, Howard B. Quigley, and Stephanie L. Simek………..17 DIET AND TEMPORAL IMPACTS ON PCR AMPLIFICATION SUCCESS IN BROWN BEAR FECAL DNA SAMPLES - Abstract Melanie A. Murphy, Lisette P. Waits, and Katherine C. Kendall………………………………………………..……………………..18 UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER REGION BLACK BEARS – A DNA STUDY - Abstract Colin Reynolds and Curtis Strobeck………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..19 GENETICS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK BROWN BEARS: DEMOGRAPHICS AND POPULATION STRUCTURE THROUGH NON-INVASIVE HAIR TRAPPING - Abstract David A. Roon, Lisette P. Waits, and Katherine C. Kendall…………………………………………………………………………....20 ESTIMATING CLOSED POPULATION SIZE USING NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODELS Darryl MacKenzie and Mark S. Boyce………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..21 TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR HAIR GENOTYPING METHODS IN BLACK BEARS Christine M. Clarke, Dave Immell, and Samuel K. Wasser…………………………………………………………………………….24 GRIZZLY BEAR ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION SURVEY IN THE CENTRAL PURCELL MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST BRITISH COLUMBIA - Abstract Michael Proctor, John Boulanger, and Curtis Strobeck…………………………………………………………………………………30 INVITED SPEAKER - COMBINING NON-INVASIVE DNA AND ENDOCRINE METHODS - Abstract Samuel K. Wasser, University of Washington, Center for Wildlife Conservation…………………………………………………….31 State and Provincial Status Reports BLACK BEAR STATUS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: SUMMARY OF WESTERN STATE AND PROVINCE BEAR STATUS REPORT SURVEYS Donald G. Whittaker and Ariana G. Burns….…………………………………………………………….…………...…………………32 iii Grizzly Bears – Management and Conservation Session Chair: Don Whittaker DENNING ECOLOGY OF GRIZZLY BEARS IN THE PRUDHOE BAY REGION, ALASKA - Abstract Richard T. Schideler…………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………56 GRIZZLY BEAR RECOVERY IN THE NORTH CASCADES ECOSYSTEM William L. Gaines, William O. Noble, and Robert H. Naney………………………………………………………………………..….57 INVITED SPEAKER - GRIZZLY BEAR REINTRODUCTION IN IDAHO AND MONTANA - Abstract Sterling Miller, National Wildlife Federation, Montana………………………………………..…………………………………………63 Management of Bear-Human Conflicts Session Chair: Gary Koehler EFFICACY OF SUPPLEMENTAL BLACK BEAR FEEDING ON SELECTED DAMAGE SITES IN WESTERN WASHINGTON Georg J. Ziegltrum and Dale L. Nolte…….……………………………………………………………………………………………….64 NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY OF BLACK BEAR DAMAGE IN WASHINGTON FORESTS - Abstract Steve T. Partridge, Dale L. Nolte, Georg Ziegltrum, and Charles T. Robbins……………..…………………………………………68 EFFECTS OF SEX AND AGE ON BLACK BEAR CONIFER DAMAGE AND CONTROL - Abstract Gail H. Collins, Robert B. Wielgus, and Gary M. Koehler……..………………………………………………………………………..69 THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF BEAR PROOF CONTAINMENT - Abstract C. Kelly Philipp……………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….70 BLACK BEARS AT THE URBAN-WILDLAND INTERFACE: DO CLUMPED RESOURCES INCREASE REPRODUCTIVE RATES? - Abstract Jon P. Beckmann, Joel Berger, and Carl Lackey…………………..…………………………………………………………….…….71 BLACK BEAR MANAGEMENT IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK: A NEW PROGRAM BEARS SUCCESS - Abstract Kate McCurdy…………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………...72 INVITED SPEAKER - DEALING WITH NUISANCE AND DEPREDATING BEARS Gary Witmer, USDA Wildlife Research Lab, Colorado………………………………………………………………………….……...73 Ecology – Bears and Their Environment Session Chair: DeWaine Jackson BLACK BEAR HABITAT USE IN NORTHEASTERN OREGON Evelyn L. Bull, Thad W. Heater, and Tara L. Wertz…………………………………………………………………………………..…82 HABITAT USE BY BLACK BEARS IN THE NORTHEAST CASCADES, WASHINGTON - Abstract Andrea L. Gold, William L. Gaines, and Christopher Servheen…………………………………………..………………………….92 HOME RANGE AND DISPERSAL PATTERNS OF SUBADULT BLACK BEARS IN NORTHEASTERN OREGON Tara L. Wertz, James J. Akenson, Mark G. Henjum, and Evelyn L. Bull………………………………………………………….….93 DENNING ECOLOGY OF BLACK BEARS IN SOUTHWEST BRITISH COLUMBIA - Abstract Michael Allen……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….101 CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT AND RESERVE PROPOSAL FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA'S WHITE BLACK BEARS (URSUS AMERICANUS KERMODEI) - Abstract James Bergdahl, Wayne McCrory, Paul Paquet, and Baden Cross………………………………………………………………...102 PRINTS IN THE DUST: DIFFERENTIAL HABITAT UTILIZATION, MOVEMENT PATTERNS, AND BEHAVIOR OF THE AMERICAN BLACK BEAR (URSUS AMERICANUS) FROM HOUND TRANSECTS ON THE EAST TAVAPUTS PLATEAU (ETP), UTAH - Abstract Larisa Harding, Hal L. Black, and Bill Bates…………………………………………………………………………………………....105 INVITED SPEAKER - ELK RECRUITMENT IN IDAHO: DOES ONE SIZE FIT ALL? – Presentation only Pete Zager, Idaho Department of Fish and Game POSTER PRESENTATIONS BEAR BEHAVIOR IN THE VICINITY OF SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING STATIONS IN WESTERN WASHINGTON Dale Nolte, Georg Ziegltrum, Timothy Veenendaal, and Philipp Fersterer………………………………………………………….106 iv BEAR PREDATION ON MOOSE IN EASTERN INTERIOR ALASKA - Abstract Mark R. Bertram and Michael T.Vivion……….…………………………………………………………………………………………112 PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF A TETRACYCLINE BIO-MARKER FOR BLACK BEAR POPULATION ESTIMATION IN SOUTHWEST OREGON - Abstract Doug McAllister, Dave Immell, and DeWaine Jackson………………………………………………………………………….…….113 BLACK AND BROWN BEAR COMPATIBILITY: THE ROLE OF CASCADING DISTURBANCE FROM PEOPLE AND SUPERABUNDANT FOOD - Abstract Danielle K. Chi and Barrie K. Gilbert…….………………………………………………………………………………………………114 A COMPARISON OF NON-INVASIVE SAMPLE COLLECTION TECHNIQUES FOR USE IN GENETIC ANALYSIS - Abstract Jeffrey B. Stetz, Kate A. Richardson, Kris Peterson, Katherine C. Kendall, and Lisette P. Waits……………………………….115 BLACK BEAR MONITORING IN EASTERN INTERIERIOR ALASKA - Abstract Mark R. Bertram and Michael T. Vivion………………………….……………………………………………………………………...116 ESTIMATING POPULATION SIZE OF THE LOUISIANA BLACK BEAR - Abstract Deborah A. Triant , Richard M. Pace III, and Michael Stine……………………………………………………………………...…..117 EXPERIMENTAL PURSUIT OF BLACK BEARS WITH HOUNDS - Abstract Josh Heward, James J. Akenson, Mark G. Henjum, and Hal L. Black………………………………………………………….…..118 BLACK BEAR DIETARY MEAT CONSUMPTION AS DETERMINED BY 15N STABLE ISOTOPES IN HAIR SAMPLES - Abstract Steve Nadeau………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..119 KUIU ISLAND BLACK BEAR HARVEST: A GROWING CONCERN - Abstract Bruce Dinneford……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………120 List of Participants………………………………………………………………………………….………………….……………...121 Workshop By-laws……………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………...….129 v Preface The First Western Black Bear Workshop, hosted by Al Lecount and the Arizona Game and Fish Department, was held in Tempe, Arizona in March of 1979, with 88 people in attendance. In the next 20 years 6 more workshops were organized: Second Logan, Utah 1982 Third Missoula, Montana 1985 Fourth Yosemite National Park, California 1991 Fifth Provo, Utah 1994 Sixth Ocean Shores, Washington 1997 Seventh Coos Bay, Oregon 2000 Attendance has doubled since the first Workshop, attesting to the growing interest of