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Great Bear Foundation
is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Missoula, Montana, dedicated to the conservation of the eight species of bears and their habitat around the world.
Take Action to Protect Alaska’s Chilkat River from Mining Impacts
April 18th, 2023
Today, American Rivers named Southeast Alaska’s Chilkat-Klehini river system the 8th most endangered river in the United States, due to the proposed Palmer Mine, a copper-zinc mine at the headwaters of the Chilkat Watershed. The Chilkat Watershed sustains Southeast Alaska’s strongest wild Pacific salmon runs, and brown (coastal grizzly) and black bears, people, and the… Read the complete post or our blog for all news.
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Bears and Apples Program
Great Bear is busy this year with the Bears and Apples Program where we try to reduce bear-human conflicts in the Missoula area, and you can help. Read more
Polar Bear Field Courses
Travel to Churchill, Manitoba with the Great Bear Foundation. Register for one of our conservation-based polar bear field courses here: Read more
