Bear management plan : Katmai National Park and Preserve, 1984
US National Park Service. 1984. Bear management plan : Katmai National Park and Preserve, 1984. National Park Service
Brown bears in Katmai are recognized as a resource of major significance for the enjoyment of park visitors. Because of the largely unhunted state of the population, they are also of inestimable scientif value. The policy of bear management in Katmai is to retain the natural population dynamics of bears, allow their natural patterns of feeding and habitat use to continue unimpeded, preclude the learned orientation of bears to people, and minimize bear/human confrontations. Management will emphasize prevention of confrontations, but responsive measures will also be used when preventive management is unseccussful and confrontations occur. Procedures discussed herein are considered guidlines, permitting flexibility where warranted by specific situations.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- US National Park Service
- Date of Issue
- 1984
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- KATM
- Keywords
- Alaska, Annual Review and Revision, Bear Management Plan, Brown Bear Biology, Brown Bears, Human-Bear Confrontations, Katmai National Park And Preserve, Monitoring Program