Final Report: Research to Support Recovery and Long Term conservation of Grizzly Bears in Alberta

This document represents the full technical summaries of “Research to support recovery and long term conservation of grizzly bears in Alberta”, which was supported by Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions and government and industry partners (listed in Appendix A). This project was undertaken and completed over a three year period (2011-2014) by a multi-disciplinary research team within the fRI Research Grizzly Bear Program as part of an ongoing long term program within provincial grizzly bear range in Alberta.

This report is presented in chapter format by research themes and the authorship of each chapter identified within each subject area.

Readers are referred to published papers listed for additional detail if required.

On behalf of our research team and all those who assisted with many aspects of this 3-year research effort, I want to thank our program partners for supporting this research effort.