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Hair Sampling at Mattamiscontis

As we head into the last couple weeks of our sampling season, we would like to thank two of our technicians. Over the past seven weeks,...

We are a couple weeks into our sampling period at Alder Stream and are starting to see bears visiting our sites. Snare 34 has seen...

This past week, our field crew began the first of five sampling weeks in the Mattamiscontis study area. Multiple sampling weeks not only...

The first week of sampling at Alder Stream was met with heavy rain. Wading the stream was required to access some of the sites on the...

During the first year of the Penobscot Black Bear Study (formerly named the Maine Cooperative Bear Study), our staff is working to...

Alder Stream is a highly scenic property that follows the stream through majority of the property. The property is dominated by...

The first week of our field season started off in Mattamiscontis. Initial training was held and preparations were done to set up the rest...

Noninvasive hair-snare sampling requires the installation of hair snare stations (Hopkins et al. 2012). 100 feet of 4 barbed, 2-strand...

In Spring 2018, Unity College students in Dr. Hopkins' black bear seminar initiated the Maine Cooperative Bear Study (now called the...

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