Alaska's Bears

For more than three decades, Anchorage-based writer Bill Sherwonit has written extensively about wilderness, the natural history of animals and plants, wildlife management, connection to place, conservation issues, and notions of wildness. He’s contributed stories and photos to a wide variety of national publications and is the author of over a dozen books about Alaska, including To the Top of Denali and Animal Stories. He also teaches nature and travel writing in his adopted hometown of Anchorage. www.billsherwonit.alaskawriters.com. Tom Walker, a full-time freelance writer and photographer specializing in natural history and wildlife, is regarded as one of Alaska's premier nature photographers. His work has appeared in numerous national, local, and international publications. This award-winning photographer is active in local and national conservation issues. In 2002, Alaska's Governor appointed him to the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Alaska Interagency Kodiak Brown Bear Management Team and helped draft the first comprehensive brown bear management plan for the Kodiak Archipelago. www.tomwalkerphotography.com

BEAR COUNTRY
Map

THE POLAR BEAR
Home on the Ice
Map
A Diet of Seals
Mothers and Their Dens
Future of the Polar Bear

THE BROWN BEAR/GRIZZLY BEAR
Surviving Winter
Life as a Cub
Opportunistic Omnivores
Social Life
Future of the Brown Bear

Tips for Traveling in Bear Country
Is it a Brown Bear or a Black Bear?

THE BLACK BEAR
A Creature of the Forest
Building Fat Reserves
Into the Winter Den
The Long Sleep
The Young Bears
Future of the Black Bear

VIEWING ALASKA’S BEARS
Prime Viewing Sites

SUGGESTED READING
INDEX