| Galena Bear News and Information |
| Want more information on Nevada bears and how to be "bear aware"? Here are some links! Be Bear Aware - a national campaign by the Center for Wildlife Information. Bear Facts from the Nevada Division of Wildlife (PDF file). Nevada's Black Bear: Ecology and Conservation of a Charismatic Omnivore. A Nevada Department of Wildlife 2004 report by NDOW wildlife biologist Carl Lackey. (46 pages, PDF) Bear Expert Says Only People Can Prevent Bear Conflicts. This is an article written in 2004 by NDOW wildlife biologist, Carl Lackey, for the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza but the information is still current and pertinent. Tahoe Council for Wild Bears - keeping bears alive and wild. Urban Black Bear Conservation in the Tahoe Basin. A joint effort between The Wilderness Conservation Society and the Nevada Department of Wildlife. For fun, here's a coloring book about being bear aware. It's from Alaska, but still has good information. Into research? Here are links to peer-reviewed journal articles! Beckmann, J. P., and C. W. Lackey. 2004. Are desert basins effective barriers to movements of relocated black bears (Ursus americanus) Western North American Naturalist: 2004. Link to full article here! Beckmann, J. P., and J. Berger. 2003. Rapid ecological and behavioural changes in carnivores: the responses of black bears (Ursus americanus) to altered food. Journal of Zoology 261(2):207-212. Link to abstract |
| Bears in the News Links to bear articles Lots last fall, but haven't heard of any yet this spring. Let's wait and see! |
Galena Neighborhood Bear. Photo taken on October 2, 2007 between Piney Creek and
Austrian Pine.
Photo submitted by Kathleen Clemence
Austrian Pine.
Photo submitted by Kathleen Clemence