President's Opening Remarks to the 24th International Conference on Bear Research and Management

摘要

I am happy to welcome you today to the 24th International Conference on Bear Research and Management. This is the second IBA conference to be held in Alaska. The first, in 1995, took place on the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, campus and brought together the largest group of bear biologists ever before assembled. This conference has done the same. I want to thank Grant Hilderbrand and all of his many committee members, for taking on this daunting project. I extend special thanks to WWF Alaska, Brandi Worden, and Margaret Williams, who stepped up at a critical moment to shoulder primary sponsorship for the conference, guaranteeing the financial bottom line.