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Ghost Bears: Studying Grizzly and Black Bear in Washington’s North Cascades Ecosystem
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Dr. Bill Gaines, director of Washington Conservation Science Institute, has spent the past quarter-century studying the role of large carnivores in ecosystems. He has searched for snow leopards in the Karakorum Mountains of Pakistan, and studied spectacled bears in the Andes of Ecuador and wolves in Denali National Park. But his favorite, most demanding, and physically challenging adventures were in pursuit of the elusive North Cascades grizzly bear. Dr. Gaines earned his Ph.D. in Wildlife Science at the University of Washington.
Dr. Robert Long, senior conservation fellow at Woodland Park Zoo, was recently hired to work on carnivore research and conservation projects associated with the zoo’s new Living Northwest Program. Dr. Long has twenty years of experience studying species such as California Channel Island foxes, spotted owls, marbled murrelets, eastern coyotes, and white-tailed deer. Most recently he spent six years as the coordinator for baseline wildlife monitoring ahead of WSDOT’s ambitious I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East wildlife crossing structure project, as well as coordinating carnivore surveys associated with the Cascades Carnivore Connectivity Project. Dr. Long was lead editor of a 2008 book about studying carnivores using noninvasive research methods and he holds degrees from Humboldt State University, the University of Maine, and a Ph.D. in natural resources from the University of Vermont.
