Gord Stenhouse
Wildlife biologist and founder of the fRI Research Grizzly Bear Program in Hinton, Alberta, which he led from 1998 and whose work produced Alberta's first provincial grizzly population estimates.
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Sep 17, 2026
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And how did those studies, do you feel, change conservation policy and public perception?
Gord StenhouseGUEST
Well, so the first inventory we did, and remember, I was, at the time, I was on secondment from the government of Alberta.
Gord StenhouseGUEST
So I was a government employee, but conducting research at FRI Research in Hinton.
Gord StenhouseGUEST
So they had asked me to do to count how many bears there were in this one population unit.
Gord StenhouseGUEST
So it's bear management unit four, which is basically right outside my back door here in Hinton.
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Is habitat quality still a really important issue, or is it habitat connectivity and human-caused mortality that are more of the primary concerns right now?