Black Bear: Tracking an American Icon
Black Bear, by Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, tells the story of one of North America's most iconic species. With engaging prose informed by years of fieldwork, Wynn-Grant explores the black bear's cultural impact, ecological necessity, and relationship with the humans who share their habitats.
Few animals have defined the North American wilderness or impacted ways of life as deeply as the black bear. They have been essential to indigenous cultures in North America, feared predators of early pioneers, and today they're appearing in urban areas at remarkably increasing rates. Black bears have persevered through staggering changes in human development since their first encounters with humans in North America. Black Bear tracks the ways human development have affected bear habitats and populations, and how these changes have shaded human-bear interactions. Through it all, Dr. Wynn-Grant will highlight her experiences studying bears in the field and her journey as a woman of color working in conservation ecology.
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