Ground-breaking brown bear research holds great promise

Ground-breaking brown bear research holds great promise

A brown bear walks on the tundra in Katmai National Park and Preserve on Aug. 11, 2023. (Photo by F. Jimenez/National Park Service)Time and again, colleagues told bear biologist Beth Rosenberg that her quest to develop a new and less invasive way of identifying and studying Alaska’s brown bears was a futile one. There were simply too many obstacles, too many unknowns, to overcome.  “It just won’t work,” she heard repeatedly. Inspired by her hero…