The Grizzly Bear Habitat Project
How do climate and forestry practices influence grizzly bear habitat?
24 years after Dr. Scott Nielsen found that grizzly bears were using harvested areas, as part of his graduate work with the Grizzly Bear Program, we’ve re-united to try to quantify and explain the climatic and energetic effects behind grizzly bear foods in Alberta. In 2024 and 2025, the crews measured vegetation at over 200 plots at harvest block edges, and deployed about as many climate sensors to see how different forestry practices affect grizzly bear habitat quality.
Planning underway to design a protocol and select field sites.
Crews take vegetation measurements and set climate data loggers to measure differences in harvested areas, forest edges, and interior forests.
Final year of data collection underway.
