Grizzly Bears: Guardians of the Wilderness
Feb 2023 · Orca Wild Book 10 · Orca Book Publishers
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Key Selling Points
- Features an iconic but often misunderstood wildlife species.
- Grizzly bear protection and hunting rules are hotly contested topics.
- Empowers children to make a difference in the world by taking action and profiles several young people who have been directly involved in grizzly bear conservation.
- Highlights the latest developments in grizzly bear conservation research, such as using computers and artificial intelligence to individually identify grizzlies in images captured by trail cameras.
- Profiles Indigenous conservationists and knowledge keepers, and highlights the importance of grizzlies in Indigenous cultures and how that informs conservation efforts .
- Author is a biologist who worked on a project with grizzlies in the Khutzeymateen/K'tzim-a-Deen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary in Northern BC. Her research and participation in that project played a part in that area being designated as Canada's first and only grizzly-bear sanctuary.
About the author
Frances Backhouse studied biology in university and worked as a park naturalist and a biologist before becoming an environmental journalist and author. She is the author of Βeavers: Radical Rodents and Ecosystem Engineers and six books for adults, including Children of the Klondike. Camping is one of Frances’s favorite ways to spend time outdoors. In bear country, she is extra careful to keep a clean campsite so she doesn’t invite in any unwelcome wildlife visitors. Frances lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
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