The program began in 1998 and continues to tackle important questions.
Grizzly Bear Program
The fRI Research Grizzly Bear Program provides knowledge and planning tools to ensure the long-term conservation of grizzly bears in Alberta.
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Swan Hills (BMA 7) Grizzly Bear Population Inventory
This DNA mark-recapture study uses hair snags to conduct the first ever estimate of the population of grizzly bears in BMA 7.
Clearwater (BMA 4) Grizzly Bear Population Inventory
This DNA mark-recapture study uses hair snags to conduct the first repeat estimate of the population of grizzly bears in BMA 4.
The Co-existence of a Threatened Population of Grizzly Bears with Quarry Mining in Alberta, Canada
This project will work with local high school students and quarry workers to determine grizzly bear use of the quarry site.
Linkages between forestry practices, ungulate abundance, and the habitat use and performance of grizzly bear in and adjacent to woodland caribou habitat
This project will improve our understanding of how forestry practice is affecting ungulates and how grizzly bears are responding. Farewell and Good Luck Terry Larsen
Gord Stenhouse shares a memorable story of doing fieldwork with Terry.
Grizzly Bear Program Selected as a Finalist for the 2019 Emerald Awards
The Alberta Emerald Foundation recognizes 21 years of science, solutions, and partnerships.
Habitat States Change Detection Tool
The tool for Habitat States, a metric that combines habitat quality and risk for grizzly bears, is getting an upgrade.
Update: Co-existence of Grizzly Bears with Quarry Mining
The Grizzly Bear Program investigated animal use of an area shared by a quarry mine near Cadomin. Here's an update on all that has been happening.
Press Release: 2018 Grizzly Bear Research Project
Media pitch concerning our BMA inventory work in the summer of 2018.
Changing spring snow cover dynamics and early season forage availability affect the behavior of a large carnivore
Paper from the Grizzly Bear Program
Comparison of grizzly bear hair-snag and scat sampling along roads to inform wildlife population monitoring
Paper from the Grizzly Bear Program
Caribou in the cross-fire? Considering terrestrial lichen forage in the face of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) expansion
Paper from the Caribou, Grizzly Bear, and Mountain Pine Beetle Ecology Programs.
Grizzly Bear Predation Part 2: predation behaviour and its influence on grizzly bear health
The second two-page briefing note summarizing a comprehensive study by the Grizzly Bear Program.
Grizzly Bear Predation Part 1: what affects predation opportunities?
The first two-page briefing note summarizing a comprehensive study by the Grizzly Bear Program.
Leonie Brown
Research Staff
Isobel Phoebus
Research Staff
Cameron McClelland
Research Staff
Terry Larsen
Research Staff
Karen Graham
Research Staff
Gord Stenhouse
Program Lead
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