The fRI Research Grizzly Bear Program provides knowledge and planning tools to ensure the long-term conservation of grizzly bears in Alberta.
Grizzly Bear Program
The program began in 1998 and continues to tackle important questions.
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Determining How Bears Use Gated Roads
Do gated roads protect bears from vehicle traffic?
Potential Impacts of Mountain Pine Beetle and Management Actions on Grizzly Bear and Caribou Populations in West-Central Alberta
This project will determine how MPB-killed stands are impacting caribou and grizzly bear habitat.UBC-led project with the Grizzly Bear Program Receives $1.4M for Research to Support Recovery Efforts
Grant from NSERC supports multi-disciplinary grizzly bear conservation research in Alberta.
Animation: Grizzly Bears on a Managed Landscape
The GIS and Grizzly Bear Programs created an animation of grizzly bear movement around a landscape of forest and cut blocks, using real GPS collar data.
Research Round-Up: Karine Pigeon's Grizzly Bear Papers
Four papers and a PhD thesis published, and more on the way.
Do large carnivores use riparian zones? Ecological implications for forest management
Peer reviewed publication from the Grizzly Bear Program
The quantification of reproductive hormones in the hair of captive adult brown bears and their application as indicators of sex and reproductive state
Peer reviewed publication from the Grizzly Bear Program.
Characterizing spatial-temporal patterns of landscape disturbance and recovery in western Alberta, Canada using a functional data analysis approach and remotely sensed data
Peer reviewed publication from the Grizzly Bear Program.
Sarah Milligan
Researcher
Anja Sorensen
Staff
Terry Larsen
Staff
Karen Graham
Staff
Gord Stenhouse
Staff
