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6.2 Improve Knowledge of Grizzly Bears ______________________________________________ 27 6.3 Reduce Human/Bear Conflicts ____________________________________________________ 28 6.4 Improve and Deliver Education and Outreach Programs to Enhance Grizzly Bear Conservation 28 6.5 Identify, Track, and Maintain Habitat for Grizzly Bears ________________________________ 29 6.6 Improve Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation ____________________________________________ 29 6.7 Improve and Apply Regulations and/or Legislation for Recovery Implementation____________ 30 7.0 RECOVERY ACTIONS _____________________________________________________31 7.1 Reduce Human-caused Mortality of Grizzly Bears ____________________________________ 31 7.2 Improve Knowledge of Grizzly Bears ______________________________________________ 31 7.3 Reduce Human/bear Conflicts ____________________________________________________ 32 7.4 Improve and Deliver Education and Outreach Program _________________________________ 34 7.5 Identify, Track, and Maintain Habitat for Grizzly Bears ________________________________ 34 7.6 Improve Inter-jurisdictional Coordination ___________________________________________ 34 7.7 Improve and Apply Regulations and/or Legislation for Recovery Implementation____________ 35 8.0 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE AND COSTS ________________________________39 9.0 RECOVERY PLAN MONITORING AND EVALUATION ________________________42 9.1 Progress Reporting _____________________________________________________________ 42 9.2 Recognized Challenges for Recovery Actions ________________________________________ 43 10.0 REFERENCES ___________________________________________________________44 11.0 Glossary ________________________________________________________________50 APPENDICIES _______________________________________________________________52 vi
LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Current grizzly bear range in Alberta.______________________________________6 Figure 2. Types of mortality of grizzly bears in Alberta as A) a percentage of total known mortality, 1990 to 2003, and B) a percentage of total known and assumed mortality, 1990 to 2003._________________________________________________________8 Figure 3. Percentage by sex of total known mortality (including hunting), 1990 – 2006. _____10 Figure 4. Total mortality from regulated harvest, 1990-2007.___________________________20 Figure 5. Total known unregulated mortality, 1990-2007______________________________ 11 Figure 6. Number of illegal, self-defence and licensed hunting mortalities by month, 1990- 2007________________________________________________________________________12 Figure 7. Number of grizzly bears (including cubs) relocated in Alberta by year, 1990-2006.__13 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Regional grizzly bear issues______________________________________________16 Table 2. Guidelines for access and land use inside Grizzly Bear Priority Areas and Dispersal Zones_______________________________________________________________________35 Table 3. Recovery action implementation schedule and costs __________________________ 38 Table 4. Human resources needed for recovery implementation_________________________40 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1. Recovery Achievement and Hunting Resumption________________________52 Appendix 2. Regional Grizzly Bear Recovery Implementation Teams__________________ 54 Appendix 3. Example of Grizzly Bear Priority Area (GPA) delineation_________________ 57 Appendix 4. Current and proposed Bear Management Areas (BMAs) within grizzly bear range___________________________________________________________ 61 Appendix 5. Schedules for inventory and habitat mapping____________________________62 Appendix 6. Grizzly bear conflict and mortality rates by Wildlife Management Unit (WMU), 1990-2003_______________________________________________________63 Appendix 7. Example of Attractant Storage Order _________________________________ 64 Appendix 8. Summary of proposed OHV rule in USA (July 2004)_____________________ 65 Appendix 9. Detailed schedule of high priority actions______________________________ 66 Appendix 10. DNA Census Results 2004-2006_____________________________________ 67 vii
Page 1 and 2: Alberta Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan
Page 3 and 4: Publication No.I/297: ISBN: 978-0-7
Page 5: TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE _________
Page 9 and 10: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2002, the Enda
Page 11 and 12: 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Species Status
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Page 17 and 18: 2.4 Population Size and Trends A re
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Page 23 and 24: eing killed by resident male bears,
Page 25 and 26: individuals that can be supported i
Page 27 and 28: Region 1 Causes of conflict, mortal
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Page 31 and 32: these two objectives should be impl
Page 33 and 34: Notes on Open Route Density Process
Page 35 and 36: Measures of success: A. 10% decline
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Page 39 and 40: 6.4.1 Develop an education program
Page 41 and 42: 7.0 RECOVERY ACTIONS Administration
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McLellan, B.N. and F. W. Hovey. 200
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Stenhouse, G., M. Boyce, J. Boulang
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Independent bear - Individual bear
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4. Review the number and type of be
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Biologist will provide guidance and
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APPENDIX 3 Example of Grizzly Bear
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Figure A3. Road density analysis su
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APPENDIX 4 Current and proposed Bea
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APPENDIX 6 Grizzly bear conflict an
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APPENDIX 8 Summary of proposed OHV
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APPENDIX 10 DNA Census Results 2004
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