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Chat - Friday, August 27th, 2010.; TGIF!
Topic Started: Aug 27 2010, 05:50 AM (514 Views)
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Lily the Black Bear - Update August 27, 2010 - 9:00 PM

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Sue tying more ribbons on June's collar - August 27, 2010

In the field:

Lily and Hope are together and were filmed by the BBC. They will be two of the main bears featured in the documentary. Gordon Buchanan will put ribbons on them soon as part of the documentary.

June passed through an accessible area of Bear Head Lake State Park today, so we changed her GPS batteries and got a heart rate to see if she is starting to slow down. The heart rate of 70 today was the slowest of the summer. The nuts you sent and are sending are what make these operations possible. The bears can tell the difference between stale nuts and the fresh nuts you send. They have been a great help all spring and summer.

Knowing that Ursula may move off to den soon, we put a fresh set of batteries in her GPS unit as well. She is the 5-year-old daughter of Shadow and will likely have cubs this winter.

We finished putting signs up to alert hunters that radio-collared bears are in the area.

In the office:

Lynn did an interview with Fox 21 News to be aired this evening. He also did an interview with John Myers of the Duluth News Tribune about Lily's fans for the Saturday or Sunday paper.

We downloaded thousands of GPS locations and have more to go over the next few days. Long hours.

In the land of Lily fans:

Conversations about developing the Education Outreach program extended to getting materials and Black Bear Boxes into library systems. This opens up a new avenue of exposure nationwide, in addition to schools, outdoor learning centers, home-schools, etc.

Bear Head Lake State Park's lead has been extended to over 584,000 votes with 4 days to go in the Coca-Cola Parks contest to win $100,000 for America's Favorite Park. Thanks to you, America will learn that its favorite park is right here in the home ranges of Lily, Hope, and June.

Ely's two schools were elevated to 62nd and 63rd place in the Kohl's Cares School contest with 8 days to go in the voting. The top 20 schools each get $500,000. Links to the pages for voting are:

Washington Elementary School

http://apps.facebook.com/KohlsCares/school/503391/washington-elementary

Memorial High School

http://apps.facebook.com/KohlsCares/school/503401/memorial-secondary

Thank you for all you are doing. You don't know how good it is to hear the enthusiasm of the teachers in the Education Outreach project, to get your treats at the Bear Center, to see your words of encouragement, to get the nuts you send for Lily, Hope, and the other bears, to see your efforts in voting, and to meet you at the Bear Center and feel the goodness of your hearts.

~Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center
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