Innovative Bear Management Program

This team of teachers venturing into the wilderness the summer will be a little outside of our comfort zones, and bears are one of our biggest fears.  Jokes and nervous laughter have surrounded discussions of our "bear"anoia. I've learned how bear management policies have changed through the years helping to keep humans safe from bears and bears safe from humans.

Mr. Hancock Sixth Grade Science

Karelian Bear Dogs are employed as part of a program of "aversion therapy" used by experts to keep grizz and human separated. They are essential for conditioning the bears to return to wilderness areas and away from human settlement. They help educate the bears to avoid human contact.

Click on the following websites to learn more about this innovative bear management program:

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife - Karelian Bear Dog Program 

Wind River Bear Institute