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Nature, Episode 2, Bears of the Last Frontier: The Road North
produced by Bill Murphy, fl. 2002 and Joe Pontecorvo, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, in Nature, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2011), 53 mins
Chris Morgan explores the world of black bears caught in the crossroads of urban development in Anchorage and the wilderness. This is a new normal for bears and for their human neighbors. Some bears are so comfortable living in urban surroundings that their primary habitat is a golf course. In residential areas, b...
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produced by Bill Murphy, fl. 2002 and Joe Pontecorvo, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, in Nature, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2011), 53 mins
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Chris Morgan explores the world of black bears caught in the crossroads of urban development in Anchorage and the wilderness. This is a new normal for bears and for their human neighbors. Some bears are so comfortable living in urban surroundings that their primary habitat is a golf course. In residential areas, bears frequently raid garbage bins and birdfeeders for easy snacks. But these behaviors are less than ideal for bears and residents alik...
Chris Morgan explores the world of black bears caught in the crossroads of urban development in Anchorage and the wilderness. This is a new normal for bears and for their human neighbors. Some bears are so comfortable living in urban surroundings that their primary habitat is a golf course. In residential areas, bears frequently raid garbage bins and birdfeeders for easy snacks. But these behaviors are less than ideal for bears and residents alike. Morgan heads north out of Anchorage to Denali National Park, where the mountains loom over treeless plains and bears get by on a diet of thousands of berries a day. The grizzlies share the enormous park with foxes, wolves and moose — and with one intrepid bear biologist and his team. Morgan continues his journey north on a bone-shaking, 610-mile motorcycle journey from Denali to Prudhoe Bay along the only Alaskan highway to reach the Arctic. Prudhoe Bay, a once pristine area at the edge of the Arctic Ocean, has been changed forever by the oil industry.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bill Murphy, fl. 2002, Joe Pontecorvo, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, Chris Morgan, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Nature
Speaker / Narrator
Chris Morgan, fl. 2011
Topic / Theme
Behavior, Environmental protection, Wildlife conservation, Ecosystems, Climate change, Bears
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Place Discussed
Alaska
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