SPIRIT BEAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION

The Spirit Bear Research Foundation is committed to applied conservation research. What we call a ‘bear-salmon-human' system serves as our flagship project... Spirit Bear Research Foundation was founded in 2011 to undertake ecological research questions that our community of Klemtu was interested in addressing to inform the management of Kitasoo/Xai'xais Territory. We use cutting edge methods to answer these research questions in a scientifically rigorous manner. However, although certainly an important component to our work, our contributions neither revolve around, nor cease with, peer-reviewed publications. The research we do is fundamentally situated in a larger ecological and cultural context. Our broader and primary responsibility is assisting our local leaders in bringing newly discovered insight into on-the-ground conservation efforts and contemporary policy debate... Spirit Bear Research Foundation is a collaboration between the Kitasoo/Xai'xais First Nation and conservation..

Primary location: Klemtu Canada