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The fine folks at Brown Bear Resources have honored us with a membership in the Adopt-a-Grizzly program.
Pictured here is Terry, a twelve-year-old female grizzly bear.
Terry lives in the Cabinet-Yaak ecosystem of northwest Montana. Her home range exercises her dual US/Canada citizenship and she can generally be found in Canada during spring and summer, while living in Montana in later summer and autumn.
Terry was first caught in September 1997 while biologists were conducting a survey to monitor the number of grizzly bears in the ecosystem. She was caught in Rampart Creek and had one cub with her. She weighed aprroximately 325 pounds (now that's a bear!) and appeared to be in exceptionally good health.
This picture shows Terry after she was caught in July of 2000 in order to refit her collar. She is immobilized but not tranquilized: notice that she is closely watching the photographer but cannot move either toward or away from him. The drug wears off in about 20 minutes.
June 2002 Update! Good news from the folks at BBR! Terry exited her den with two cubs this year. The cubs appear healthy and were observed on two different occasions with their mother in remote areas of the Yaak ecosystem. They appear much like other grizzly bear cubs and shouls weigh around 20 pounds each, or possibly a bit more by now.
All three bears are utilizing their dual citizenship: Terry and the cubs spent their winter in the Montanta but are now in Canada. The grizzly family is on a mountainside north of the junction of the border of Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia. For the last few days they have moved across the mountain in the 4,000-foot to 4,500-foot level, generally feeding in open areas surrounded by mature forests. Primary foods for the bears include grasses and early wildflowers like glacier lilies and spring beauty. They will also try to find carcasses of elk, deer, moose, and other wildlife that did not survive the winter.
A portion of the author's proceeds from sales of this book will be given to Brown Bear Resources (BBR), based in northwest Montana. Since 1989, BBR has worked proactively to give humans an understanding and a respect for grizzlies as an indicator of the health of other species, as well as the ecosystem in which we all live. BBR is a resource and research nonprofit corporation endorsed by federal, state, and tribal agencies. BBR uses a variety of educational and resource mediums, including: educational trunks, "Be Bear Aware" presentations, nonprofit gift store, quarterly newsletter, Adopt-A-Grizzly program, and Website. Readers are encouraged to contribute further. More information is available at <http://www.brownbear.org>.
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