My guess is that her Dad is extremely proud of her- I hope she does great things for Minnesota.

Some years ago they where studying the bear and it's ability to den up for a long period of time and not eat Also their cubs are born during the hibernation period The goal was to understand how the bear are able to be dormant for several months and become active as spring arrives Their hope was to find out if that ability could be used in of certain types of treatment for humans that have aggressive diseases The concept was the chemical the enabled the bear to hibernate could be used to cause certain types of diseases to either go into remission or at least be slower to create untreatable conditions .I have not head of any results about this. Scientific study rarely leads on a straight line to any answer But finding answers and acquiring knowledge could lead to a lifesaving break through I am thankful that there are people devoting their effort . As 3togo said above "Without the information gained from doing the research the states have zero legs to stand on in court . "

I sure as H hope there is a well defined objective for this research project, and not just a need to spend allocated money.

Don't give them any more ideas. Before long you will want a bear behind every tree like your neighbors across the river tried doing.

I don't know much about bear collaring, but here is my tentative plan:

The next time one show up at my qual hutches, chicken coops, beehives, I would

• shoot it in the head
• place a collar on it
• observe its behavior

But, seriously, see my post regarding Byrna®12 gauge less than lethal ammo.

Hope they don't collar a female who raises her cubs at a human provided feeding station then goes and raids cabins. That could be bad.

Dont know anything about Karen but Dave G retiring is definitely a good thing in my book. I dont think he had a handle at all on true bear population numbers. If he did, then he certainly didnt do bear hunters any favors. I hope somebody can get a handle on the bear tooth samples. Theres no way yearling bears weigh 200 pounds, seems to be fairly common on reports back to successful hunters.

They will do the defining around here don’t you worry.
Last I spoke with someone there about the objectives topic I was told muchof what they were doing was to figure out how bears physically have adapted to retain body waste, particularly being they are not 100% hardcore hibernators.
Medical implications for this with diabetes, liver, colon, bladder and many other issues. Long term coma patients etc

This is what I was told, take it for what it’s worth, again I’m not advocating, just relaying.

Osky