Overall Goals

Phase II: Kamchatka Grizzly Bear Research Project of Maureen Enns and Charles Russell

2002 Reseach Goals

There are two parts of our study that remain important to pursue for at least two more years:

1) The question of sustaining the peaceful co-existence with the bears of Kambalnoye Lake becomes more and more meaningful every year our study is continued.

2) Helping Kronotskiy Preserve with their conservation efforts in the South Kamchatka Sanctuary. We want to contribute to the process. It seems unfair to teach animals they do not have to fear humans and then pull out and leave them at the mercy of others who would take advantage of their trustful nature.

We want to continue work on these questions. During the thousands of years of conflict with bears, no one has ever before studied ways to live with them because it was always assumed impossible due to the bears' temperament. There may never be an opportunity or place to repeat what we have been able to do. We want to be satisfied we have taken our study as far as we can so that the only question remaining is of humans' adaptability.:

-Charlie and Maureen.