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FRI Grizzly Bear Program
AGM October 2011
The Complexities of Grizzly Bear Ecology
Gordon Stenhouse – Foothills Research Institute
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We want simple answers to complex
questions:
A = B
A+B = C
A+B+C = D
Etc.
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Grizzly bear response to oil and gas activities
A simple question but understanding animal
response to environmental variables must be viewed
in the context of the complexities of grizzly bear
ecology.
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The Complexity of the Question
1. Ecological Parameters – Grizzly Bears
2. Landscape Use and Human Activities
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Ecological Parameters
We gather data from a sample of
the population.
We must account for basic
biological factors in our
analysis including:
Age, sex and reproductive
status
All these factors
influence movement
and behaviour.
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Ecological Parameters
Plant Phenology and Food
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Roots
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AnimalInsects
Misc.
Grass
Fruit
Forbs
Sedges
Horsetails
Food tends to rule the
movement patterns of
grizzly bears.
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Climate impacts and fluctuations
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Ecological Parameters
Food is not simple - Omnivore
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Ecological Parameters
Mating and Other Bears
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Individual Behaviors
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How to Evaluate Response?
1. Avoidance/Displacement
Well Sites
Facilities
Pipelines
Active/Inactive
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How to Evaluate Response?
1. Attraction /Avoidance
– analysis Scales
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Safety Issues
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How to Evaluate Response?
1. Measuring movement patterns and habitat
use will be carried out, however…
2. We will also measure measures of health
(Growth, survival, reproduction and stress)
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Stepwise modeling building approach
Biology-Life History (age, sex, density)
Regional Productivity Gradients (climate, elevation)
Observations
Inter-annual variability in productivity (birth year,
etc)
Anthropogenic Change (wellsites,cutblocks, etc)
Habitat Quality (forest age, cc, regen)
Measures of Bear Response (movements, health, etc)
Final model
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Preliminary Results – Grizzly
Bears do not show avoidance of
well site zones
Females Females with cubs
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Program Sponsors
• Ainsworth Lumber
• Alberta Conservation Association
• Alberta Upstream Oil and Gas
Research Fund
• Alberta SRD
• Alberta Fish and Game
• Alberta Newsprint
• Alberta Advanced Education and
Technology (Innovation and
Science)
• Alberta Upstream Oil and Gas
Research Fund
• Anadarko
• Anderson Exploration Ltd.
• Anderson Resources Ltd.
• AVID Canada
• BP Canada Energy Company
• Banff National Park
• BC Oil & Gas Commission
• Buchanan Lumber-Tolko
• Burlington Resources Ltd.
• Canada Centre for Remote
Sensing
• Canadian Hunter
• Canadian Wildlife Service
• Canfor
• Cardinal River Operations
• Canadian Forest Service
• Conoco Phillips Ltd.
• Conservation Biology Institute
• Devon Canada Corp.
• DMI
• Elk Valley Coal
• Enbridge Inc.
• EnCana Corp.
• Environment Canada –HSP
• Foothills Research Institute
• Fording Coal
• FRIAA
• GeoAnalytic Ltd.
• Gregg River Resources
• Grande Cache Coal
• Husky Energy
• Jasper National Park
• Komex International Ltd.
• Lehigh Inland Cement
• Luscar Ltd.-Coal Valley
• Manning Forestry Research
• Millar Western Ltd.
• Mountain Equipment Co-op
• Nexen
• Natural Resources Service
• Northrock Resources Ltd.
• NSERC
• Parks Canada
• Petro Canada
• Peyto Exploration
• Precision Drilling Ltd.
• PTAC (CAPP)
• Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
• Shell Canada
• Spray Lake Sawmills
• Suncor Energy
• Sundance Forest Industries
• Talisman Energy Ltd.
• Telemetry Solutions
• Trans Canada Pipelines
• University of BC
• University of Calgary
• University of Lethbridge
• University of Saskatchewan
• University of Washington
• University of Victoria
• Veritas
• West Fraser
Hinton Wood Products
Blue Ridge Lumber
Sundre Forest Products
Slave Lake Pulp
• Western College of
Veterinary Medicine
• Weyerhaeuser Ltd.
• World Wildlife Fund
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Questions