Polar Bear Range States - HM-A6 - Develop methods to collate available data from harvested bears and how to analyze that data

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Objective-4 Actions

Action HM-A6:
Develop methods to collate available data from harvested bears and how to analyze that data

Summary of the Action:

Methods development to collate available data from harvested bears and how to analyze that data.

Action Lead:

Alice Garret (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, alice_This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Action Contacts:

Melissa Galicia (Environment and Climate Change Canada, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Erik Andersen (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, erik_This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Participants:

Polar Bear Range States members:

United States:	Alice Garret (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Erik Andersen (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Contact: erik_This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Canada:	Caroline Ladanowski (Environment and Climate Change Canada) Evan Richardson (Environment and Climate Change Canada) Melissa Galicia (Environment and Climate Change Canada; Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Ruth Milkereit (Environment and Climate Change Canada; Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Greenland:	Fernando Ugarte (Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group)

Invited expert:

Eric Regehr (University of Washington and IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group)

Duration of action:

January 2024 - November 2025

Deliverables/ output:

D1. Report with recommendations for harvest data collection and how harvested bears can inform subpopulation status.

Expected impact/outcome
(i.e., how the action will affect progress towards achieving the Objective):

Provide an understanding of information that can be gained from harvested bears to inform subpopulation status, as well as the type of study that may be required for a comprehensive subpopulation assessment.

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