Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting

Shannon Donahue is the executive director of the Great Bear Foundation. She holds an M.Sc. in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana, with a concentration in bear conservation and education. She resides in Haines, Alaska, where she monitors human-bear interactions on the Chilkoot River, and provides bear safety educational services. She has been working on mitigating the impacts of bear-viewing in various capacities since 2005. Her research interests focus on the effects of tourism on bears in North America and human-bear interactions on multiple use salmon streams.

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