Annie Pumphrey

It's been a year of frightening bear attacks. What's next according to bear researchers? A growing number of bears are entering areas they have never been seen before, increasing the chances of human encounters, say scientists.

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While hiking in Kananaskis, I came across two grizzly cubs with their mother just behind them. She saw me, I stepped off the trail and backed away. Realizing I wasn’t a threat, she watched briefly, then carried on with her cubs #andnothinghappened #abbearencounters @elmeligisarah.bsky.social

Let's tell the truth about bear encounters and coexistence. If you've had a bear encounter this year, it was amazing and nothing happened, tell me about it. Email your story (3 sentences or less) and 1 photo to Banff.kananaskis@assembly.ab.ca. post it on your socials too and tag me and the Minister.

Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”

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Great news from BC Bats! bcbats.ca #bats #bcwildlife

Human-bear conflict
-ology...(looking at how humans and bears interact and how to mitigate conflict with the goal of coexistence)

Grizzly bears detected at ecotourism sites are less likely than predicted by chance to encounter conflict Whether ecotourism can lead to human–wildlife conflict is not well understood. In Nuxalk Territory, grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis Ord, 1815) conflict occurred ∼41–58 km downstream from ecotour...

Congrats to Kate Field and team for your new paper on human-bear conflict and bear viewing in the Bella Coola Valley! #bearviewing #wildliferesearch cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....

Some good news! $6 billion to support ecological connectivity across the country via #parkscanada. www.canada.ca/en/parks-can...

Hello from British Columbia! In Canada I know there's a few Pumphrey folks in Fernie, B.C. and on the east coast in Newfoundland...

Joey, the fakest bear in the world The fictional story of an albino brown bear relocated to the North Pole has resurfaced, causing a stir on social networks. Not without consequences for the discourse of experts and the public's opinio...

People keep sending me the video of "Joey." It's sad the public really thinks wildlife professionals would mistake a brown bear for a polar bear...🫠 polarjournal.ch/en/2024/07/1...

a bear standing in front of a door with the word viralhog on the bottom right ALT: a bear standing in front of a door with the word viralhog on the bottom right

Inaugural bluesky post. In a *slow* attempt I will close the door on x.