Teaching STEM with the “Bear” Necessities The National Science Teachers Association highlighted Bear Trust and our collaborators in AK in NSTA Reports and on the NSTA WebNews Digest. Bear Trust works collaboratively with Alaska Widlife Conservation Center, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the University of Alaska Anchorage to bring science-based education rooted in [...]

If you are a science high school teacher and are interested in receiving a FREE copy of our Curriculum Guide to The Bear Book please contact Bear Trust’s executive director, Dr. Melissa Reynolds-Hogland:  melissa@beartrust.org ; (406) 523-7779

Last Friday, Aileen in the UK adopted an American Black Bear!  Bear Trust uses bear adoption fees to pay for bear conservation projects around the world.  Many thanks, Aileen!

Bear Trust and our partners successfully completed our first “teach the teacher” workshop in Portage, AK on Nov 11-12, 2011!   Workshop activities were based on lessons in Bear Trust’s Curriculum Guide to The Bear Book. Teachers who participated in the workshop will earn continuing education credits.  This workshop was a collaborative effort by Bear Trust, Alaska Wildlife [...]

Just in:  New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife officially endorsed Bear Trust’s new education program: Curriculum Guide to The Bear Book!  We are planning to pilot this education program for 1,000 students in Sussex County during school year 2011-2012.

Field crew has captured 33 bears; 11 of which were adult females.  All adult females have been fitted with GPS collars so that we track bear movements.

A big thank you goes out to Twin Buttes in Durango, Colorado.  They contributed over $8,000 to pay for two GPS collars for the research component of our Colorado Project.  THANK YOU!!!!

The field crew in Durango captured three more research bears!  All three were females.  That makes eight bears captured in eight days: 5 males and 3 females.  To learn more, contact Melissa:  melissa@beartrust.org

Field crew captured 5 male black bears last week! Still waiting for our first female capture because we only collar female bears for this study.