When looking for a place to set up a capture location, biologists look for existing bear sign such as scratches on trees and bear scat. Sometimes traps are set in areas that have no obvious bear sign to determine if indeed bears are present.
Chad Dickinson
Chad Dickinson is a biological science technician working with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, a cooperative research team that addresses monitoring and research needs for the Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear population.
Research Interest
Chad's research focus for the past 22 years has been on grizzly bear capture and handling with an emphasis on advanced immobilization and emergency anesthetic techniques. Along with his current research on Yellowstone grizzly bears, he assisted research studies involving the capture and handling and location via radio telemetry of wolverines, bighorn sheep and bison. Chad serves as the U. S. Geological Survey Firearms Safety Program Manager and oversees all firearms safety training within the bureau and is also a USGS firearms safety instructor.
Science and Products
Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) is an interdisciplinary group of scientists and biologists responsible for long-term monitoring and research efforts on grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). The team was formed by the Department of the Interior (DOI) in 1973 as a direct result of controversy surrounding the closure of open pit garbage dumps within Yellowstone...
Grizzly bear on a remote camera.
When looking for a place to set up a capture location, biologists look for existing bear sign such as scratches on trees and bear scat. Sometimes traps are set in areas that have no obvious bear sign to determine if indeed bears are present.
Science and Products
Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) is an interdisciplinary group of scientists and biologists responsible for long-term monitoring and research efforts on grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). The team was formed by the Department of the Interior (DOI) in 1973 as a direct result of controversy surrounding the closure of open pit garbage dumps within Yellowstone...
Grizzly bear on a remote camera.
When looking for a place to set up a capture location, biologists look for existing bear sign such as scratches on trees and bear scat. Sometimes traps are set in areas that have no obvious bear sign to determine if indeed bears are present.
When looking for a place to set up a capture location, biologists look for existing bear sign such as scratches on trees and bear scat. Sometimes traps are set in areas that have no obvious bear sign to determine if indeed bears are present.