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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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.Press Release: 2018 Grizzly Bear Research Project
Media pitch concerning our BMA inventory work in the summer of 2018.
Managing the Move: How Can We Improve Translocation Success?
A new paper from the Grizzly Bear Program determines what helps a translocation succeed.
Bears, Awards, Quarries
The Grizzly Bear Program is studying bear use of a quarry near Cadomin, Alberta.
Scales of selection and perception: landscape heterogeneity of an important food resource influences habitat use by a large omnivore
Paper from the Grizzly Bear Program.
Infographic: Co-existence of Grizzly Bears and Quarry Mining
Infographic by Kate Broadley explaining a Grizzly Bear Program project.
Photo Gallery: 2018 BMA Inventory Training
Pictures from the Grizzly Bear Program field crew training on May 11.
Isobel Phoebus
Research Staff
Anja Sorensen
Research Staff
Terry Larsen
Research Staff
Karen Graham
Research Staff
Gord Stenhouse
Program Lead
