• We work to conserve all eight species of bears worldwide….

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  • …through science-based education, research, management, and habitat conservation

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  • We believe that conservation should be based on sound science

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  • We help youth develop conservation awareness through scientific inquiry

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  • We translate real-world data into engaging STEM conservation education

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  • We value collaboration and partnerships

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  • Education Goals: help raise conservation awareness and environmental literacy while simultaneously providing critical STEM education for our kids

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  • We help financially needy communities become bear-resistant to minimize bear-human conflict

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M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust helps fund education program

Bear Trust recently received a $74,000 grant from the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust; every penny will be used to help develop The Bear Book Volume II and corresponding Curriculum Guide!  Learn More…

Bear Basics for students

Learn about the eight species of bears worldwide and whether bears hibernate or not.  Cool fact……although all eight species are in the order Carnivora and family Ursidae, only the four species of bears of the North all share the same genus Ursus.  Each of the four species of bears of the South have different genera.. Learn More…

Interactive Distance Learning:  “Bears of the World”

Bear Trust is partnering with Inspired Classroom and Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center to bring field science into the classroom!  Meet renowned bear scientists and conservationists, learn about all 8 species of bears, ask a biologist a question…..  Learn more….

Project Initiatives

Bear Trust focuses on 4 primary project initiatives: 1) Conservation Education 2) Bear Research 3) Bear Management 4) Habitat Conservation

Contact Info

PO Box 4006
Missoula, MT 59806
Phone: (406) 523-7779
melissa@beartrust.org