Studying Grizzly Clues / From Clues to Conservation

Studying Grizzly Clues, also, From Clues to Conservation. . , Studying Grizzly Clues: Traditional Methods , Our field staff helps protect bears in the wild by studying where they live and now they move around. Since observing grizzlies can be challenging, we look for clues they leave behind., Studying Grizzly Clues: Modern Methods , Recent advances in genetic technology allow us to extract DNA from bears' fur. We used scented stations surrounded by barbed wire fencing to collect fur. When a bear comes to investigate the small, it painlessly leaves behind tufts of fur on the wire–and thus, its DNA., From Clues to Conservation , Our "forensic science" on grizzlies led the Canadian government to greatly expand the size of a national park where bears live., Nahanni National Park Expands , Before 2009 , 1,840 sq miles , about 1/2 the size of Yellowstone National Park , The park was too small and too narrow to provide adequate habitat for wide-ranging grizzly bears., Now , 13,760 sq miles , about 4x larger than Yellowstone National Park , Now, it is one of the largest and wildest national parks in the world–much better for bears!, Bear research takes place in remote areas away from trails that humans use.