Assessing Bear Response to Human Activity at Kenai Fjords National Park: Its Nature Frequency and Costs
Smith TS and Partridge S. 2002. Assessing Bear Response to Human Activity at Kenai Fjords National Park: Its Nature Frequency and Costs. Anchorage, AK
The focus of this study is to:1. determine the short term effects of land and sea-based human activity on coastal bears, 2. investigate the long-term effects of human activity on coastal bears, and 3. estimate the energetic costs of human displacement of bears. This research will provide several products: 1. a field procedure for determining bear response to a variety of human activities occurring along coastal Alaska, 2. a profile of bear responses to the various types of human activity presently occurring at Kenai Fjords National Park (KEFJ), 3. an estimate of the frequency of bear-human interactions, 4. an estimate of the costs of human disturbance to bears, 5. recommendations for minimum approach distances for land and sea-based human activities, 6. recommendations regarding backcountry camping within coastal areas of KEFJ, and 7. a research publication that presents results of this work.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Smith, Tom; Partridge, Steve
- Date of Issue
- 2002
- Units
- KEFJ
- Keywords
- Black Bears, human activities, Mammals, Ursus americanus