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PREVIOUS CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC STORIES ON URSUS ARCTOS.

Grizzly’s eastern cousin: Do "tundra" black bears inhabit former grizzly turf?
Paul Pigott follows the trail started by wildlife biologist Alasdair Veitch to see whether or not a group of grizzlies were separated from their western family during the last Ice Age and were left to inhabit Labrador’s Ungava Peninsula. He postulates that a crash in regional caribou numbers and extensive human hunting wiped out this group of Ursus arctos, and opened the area to black bears.
Canadian Geographic, GeoWatch, September/October 1998

Homeless on the Range: Grizzlies struggle for elbow room and survival in Banff National Park
Sid Marty, former park warden, writes about his experiences with grizzlies in Banff National Park, focusing on the efforts of the West Slopes Bear Research Project to determine if bears have a future in the park.
Canadian Geographic, January/February 1997

The naming and taming of Bear 16
Sidebar to Marty’s grizzly story, the fate of Bear 16, a resident of Banff National Park, is told. His fate is the direct result of human interaction with bears in the park.
Canadian Geographic, January/February 1997

Kitlope grizzlies protected in B.C.
An update on Kitlope Valley, the world’s largest unlogged rain forest outside the tropics. It is made into a preservation zone, protecting the unique flora and fauna of that region. The article also looks at the Khutzeymateen Valley and its designation as a provincial park and Canada’s only grizzly bear sanctuary.
Canadian Geographic, November/December 1994

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