Great Bear Foundation

Conserving the eight bear species and their habitats worldwide

Missoula, MT   |  http://greatbear.org

Mission

The Great Bear Foundation is a 501(c((3) organization founded in 1981 and dedicated to the conservation of bears around the world and the diverse ecosystems they require to survive.

Ruling year info

1982

Executive Director

Ms Shannon Donahue

Main address

PO Box 9383

Missoula, MT 59807 USA

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EIN

81-0405765

NTEE code info

Natural Resource Conservation and Protection (C30)

Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (B01)

Protection of Endangered Species (D31)

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Bear Basics

The Bear Basics Program for K-12 schools is a free, interactive presentation that has educated thousands of Montana students on the natural history, behavior, and ecology of large North American predators. The focus is primarily on black, grizzly, and polar bears, but wolves and mountain lions are included, as learning to live with top-level predators is essential in Montana. Bear biologists review our factual curricula and educational packets that we provide to teachers.

Population(s) Served

Classes and seminars for the public include field trips (run at near cost) to the Churchill Northern Studies Center, Manitoba, Canada. Great Bear staff and Charles Jonkel also teach eight to ten classes a year in conjunction with The Nature Conservancy at their Pine Butte Swamp Grizzly Bear Preserve outside of Choteau, Montana, and with Glacier Institute, a non-profit organization based in Kalispell, Montana. Other seminars and conferences include the annual Bear Honoring in conjunction with Salish Kootenai College, and other slide shows and presentations.

Population(s) Served

Research projects include the collection of DNA to document grizzlies in the Selway-Bitterroot WIlderness and film and oral history documentation of Kermode (Sprit) bears in coastal British Columbia. Great Bear helped develop a livestock loss payment system to landowners on the Rocky Mountain East Front, has worked in trans-border bear issues with Alberta and British Columbia, and has also been involved in litigation over delisting of the grizzly in the Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Population(s) Served

Conservation-based educational field courses in polar bear habitat

Population(s) Served

Monitors human-bear interactions and human impacts on brown bears' foraging success on the Chilkoot River Corridor near Haines, Alaska

Population(s) Served

Organizes volunteers to glean fruit from residential areas to eliminate bear attractants, prevent human-wildlife conflict, and make use of a healthy, local food source

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Great Bear Foundation

Board of directors
as of 06/18/2019
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Dr Frank Tyro

Caribou Crossing

Mark Robertson

Glacier Park Inn B&B

Jeffrey B Stetz

Sinopah Wildlife Research Associates

John Chott

Jennifer L Rasche

Kenai Peninsula College