Community engagement and collaboration

This project works to improve public safety and conserve polar bears by reducing and mitigating negative interactions between bears and people. Community-based conservation has a demonstrated history of success in Alaska, and the Service continues to work closely with communities and partners to reduce access to anthropogenic attractants and facilitate polar bear patrols. Currently, we are working to adapt and test tools. 

Contact

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Manager/Supervisory Biologist - Polar Bears
Alaska Marine Mammals Management Office
Expertise
Human-wildlife conflict management,
Nutritional, spatial, and habitat ecology of large mammals
Area
AK
Anchorage,AK

Programs

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We provide leadership in the conservation and management of our nation's marine mammals under our jurisdiction – sea otters, Pacific walruses, polar bears, and West Indian manatees – as well as the marine ecosystems that support them.
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The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...

Species