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Living With Bears Handbook, Expanded 2nd Edition
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Overview
Today bears have a growing people-problem: their "backyards" are full of humans and people-provided food is everywhere. Discover practical solutions and real-world examples of how to prevent conflicts at home and at play so we can do a better job of sharing space with these intelligent, adaptable animals. CONTENTS- Understanding Bears and Bear Behavior- Bear-Proofing Your Home- Being Bear-Smart in the Outdoors- Attractant Management: Garbage, Bird Feeders, Fruit Trees, Beehives, Chicken Coops, Gardens, and more - Creating Bear-Smart Communities- Preventing Conflicts - Responding to Encounters and Attacks- A Bear Manager's World- Case Studies from the U.S. & Canada- North American Bear Populations, Extensive ResourcesFor homeowners, communities, wildlife managers, educators, and anyone who spends time in the great outdoors.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781936555611 |
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Publisher: | PixyJack Press, Inc. |
Publication date: | 01/04/2016 |
Pages: | 290 |
Sales rank: | 739,439 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.65(d) |
About the Author
Rich Beausoleil has been conducting bear research since 1997 and has worked in Louisiana, Tennessee, New Mexico and in Washington, where he has been the statewide bear and cougar specialist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife since 2002. He helped establish and was the original Chair of the Management Committee for the International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA), is the co-chair of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) first North American Bear Expert Team, and a member of the IUCN's Human-Bear Conflicts Expert Team. Rich is also a frequent contributor to professional publications and journals, and has authored several agency manuals on responding to human-carnivore conflicts; his efforts contributed to the state of Washington passing an anti-feeding regulation.Rich co-founded Washington's Karelian Bear Dog program in 2003. The handlers use the highly trained dogs to help resolve conflicts between people and bears in non-lethal ways. He's a frequent speaker at both professional conferences and community events, although he freely admits that understanding bears is often much easier than unraveling the mysteries of human behavior. He holds degrees in wildlife biology, a BS from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a Master's Degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
What People are Saying About This
The best single source of information and inspiration on how to understand and live compatibly with bears. Linda Masterson writes with understanding, authority and wit and invites readers to share in her encyclopedic knowledge of bears and how to reduce human-bear conflicts. --Stephen Herrero, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science, University of Calgary, Canada, and author of Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance
Each year thousands of bears are destroyed in North America largely because of our carelessness. This excellent and comprehensive guide offers many simple and practical solutions on how to coexist safely with bears. Use it and you can help ensure the bear has a wild future in our increasingly human dominated world. --Beth Pratt-Bergstrom, California Director of National Wildlife Federation, and author of When Mountain Lions are Neighbors
A remarkable book that will change the way you think and act in bear country. Masterson is a master writer and researcher. Her book should be on the shelves of every library and in every home by which a bear has ever strolled. --Sylvia Dolson, Executive Director, Get Bear Smart Society