{"id":2704,"date":"2015-01-24T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.sdps-bbs.com\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:01:41","slug":"monitoring-western-hudson-bay-polar-bear-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/monitoring-western-hudson-bay-polar-bear-population\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring Western Hudson Bay Polar Bear Population"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"PBI's<\/a>Randy Creaser, a graduate student working with Liz Flaherty<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Habitat Management, is collaborating with Polar Bears International (PBI).\u00a0This research\u00a0consists of\u00a0developing noninvasive methods to monitor the Western Hudson Bay polar bear population using photography.\u00a0These methods will allow scientists to document trends in the population along with providing estimates of body condition. The ultimate goal of this project is to further develop a citizen science project that will allow the public to submit and\u00a0measure their bear and wildlife photos using our methods. Watch the video<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about the program. You can learn what other graduate students are doing by visiting their profile pages<\/a> or attending their events<\/a>\u00a0on campus.<\/p>\n

Resources<\/b>
\nPolar Bears International<\/a>
\nGraduate Studies<\/a>, Purdue FNR
\nGraduate Spotlight\u200b<\/a>, Purdue Agriculture<\/p>\n

Got Nature?
\nDepartment of Forestry and Natural Resources
\nPurdue University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Randy Creaser, a graduate student working with Liz Flaherty, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Habitat Management, is collaborating with Polar Bears International (PBI).\u00a0This research\u00a0consists of\u00a0developing noninvasive methods to monitor the Western Hudson Bay polar bear population using photography.\u00a0These methods will allow scientists to document trends in the population along with providing estimates of body […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-2704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife","tag-wildlife","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t