Bear Trust International

“Expenses office supplies 1,959 telephone 1,214 website 163 internet 876 annual board meeting 2,479 bank charges 206 corporate partnership pro 800 den work for ladies group 1,702 dues and subscriptions 675 education programs 1,982 conservation programs 2,977 flow through grants 6,077 promotion 6,202 social media 5,101 storage 1,130 wild sheep show 12,344 worker's compensation 1,105 board of dirctors gifts 661 total 47,653”

“Art work 2,192 2,192 inventories 25,640 25,640 total 27,832 27,832”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 2,375 141”

“Bear trust international works to conserve all eight species of the world's bears, other wildlife, and habitat. We believe that wild bears in their natural habitat are key indicators of ecosystem health. Their ability to sustain themselves is, therefore, critical to wildlife. Bear trust strives to reinforce ecosystem viability through habitat conservation and education projects that build on timely research.”

“During fiscal year 2015-2016, bear trust focused on education, research, management, habitat, and policy initiatives. In terms of education, bear trust updated its stem lesson module called "grizzly bears: ready for delisting?- and provided it for free to eduactors, youth, and public everywhere. Bear trust also worked on its stem lesson module about gray wolves in the northern rockies, disseminated habitat/telemetry lesson plans locally to k-2 graders, and created and disseminated a stem lesson plan for the gifted and talented students of frenchtown, mt. In terms of outreach, bear trust shared findings and presented results at the ecological sodiety of america conference, the iba conference, and the north american wildlife and natural resources conference. Bear trust also had an education booth at the wild sheep foundation show. Bear trust mentored three graduate and undergraduate students on various internship programs. In terms of research, bear trust continued its work on two research programs. Bear trust's executive director is co-pi and co-advisor on our research project using long-term population and behavioral data on black bears in new jersey. Our phd student on this project successfully completed his third year of graduate training and published his first manuscript in the journal of applied ecology. Bear trust began a new research program in india where we are using non-invasive techniques to estimate the size of this highly vulnerable bear species. In terms of management, bear trust continued its work with indian collaborators on a program to reduce human-sloth bear conflict in gujarat, india to save lives of both humans and sloth bears. In terms of habitat conservation, bear trust and its partners successfully protected 53,000 acres of black bear habitat in the lower missisippi river valley in se usa. In terms of conservation policy, bear trust worked with the american wildlife conservation partners to contribute to conservation policy at the federal and state levels.”