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The Wolf Ate My Homework
From the time I was a kid, there’s a few standard excuses of why the homework didn’t get done. An old familiar is that the dog ate it. I...
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GRR's blog
- Aug 24, 2014
- 6 min
393 Km and countless thoughts
Hiking… trying not to fall off any cliffs that were washed out from last year. From May 1 to now, I have hiked 393 kilometers (55 of...
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GRR's blog
- Aug 7, 2014
- 6 min
The things I do for my PhD…
A little tired, but the sun is shining and the hiking is sweet! It’s literally half way through my field season. I’ve got two and half...
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GRR's blog
- Jul 25, 2014
- 6 min
What is “low human use”
My PhD research separates hiking trails into 3 categories of human use: low (less than 100 people per month), medium (101-1449 people per...
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GRR's blog
- Jul 8, 2014
- 4 min
Sharing the bear-ness
If I’m really developing something brand new through my PhD and defining some aspect of bear biology and management the world has never...
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GRR's blog
- Jun 23, 2014
- 5 min
A Bear-y Busy Spring
A little 3 year old female grizzly on the Icefields Parkway at the end of a great day in the field. This spring I’ve seen more bears in...
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GRR's blog
- May 27, 2014
- 5 min
The first big reveal of 2014
Well with a title like that, I better reveal something big. So the big news of 2014 so far: It’s stopped snowing (for now at least). The...
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GRR's blog
- May 7, 2014
- 4 min
And so it begins…
The field season is here! The field season is here! Yippeee!!!!! And all the biologists rejoiced. And Mother Nature said: “HA! I hope you...
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GRR's blog
- Apr 28, 2014
- 4 min
Talking the talk
As a bear biologist, I walk the walk as often as I can. I get out into the woods. I walk the bear trails and look for sign of them,...
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GRR's blog
- Apr 16, 2014
- 3 min
Bringing it into Focus
One of the great things about research is that it never feels done. Data is gathered and analysed and each analysis raises a whole new...
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GRR's blog
- Mar 21, 2014
- 6 min
Gettin’ Amped for another field season
Spring has SPRUNG! It’s March 21, the first bears in the Bow Valley have started to wake up and explore the valley bottoms and I have...
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GRR's blog
- Mar 13, 2014
- 5 min
The Brainstorm
Data Analysis Hell It’s where grad student go to cry – data analysis. Just saying it out loud makes me cringe. One of the things that...
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GRR's blog
- Feb 17, 2014
- 5 min
Alberta Grizzlies and the SSRP
In my past life, I worked as the Senior Conservation Planner for the Southern Alberta chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness...
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GRR's blog
- Jan 26, 2014
- 5 min
The First Chapter
I have officially created the first draft of the first complete chapter of my PhD thesis. That feels good… no GREAT! There is still...
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GRR's blog
- Jan 2, 2014
- 4 min
My Unique Contribution
The Confirmation Document A PhD involves doing your own research project, from the defining of objectives to data analysis and creating...
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GRR's blog
- Nov 8, 2013
- 5 min
The electronic grizzly bear
Maybe one of my favourite parts is just trying to figure out the best place to put a camera to get as much wildlife action as possible....
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GRR's blog
- Sep 23, 2013
- 4 min
Yellowstone and Banff
The open plateaus of Yellowstone make wildlife viewing completely different. Here we are watching wolves about 1.5Km away through...
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GRR's blog
- Aug 27, 2013
- 5 min
5 days, 75Km, 22 remote cameras
My hard working volunteers hiking out on the last day. Heading in to the backcountry for 5 days takes some planning and organization....
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GRR's blog
- Aug 6, 2013
- 5 min
Bear-ly Scared
One of the things I love about bears is witnessing how smart they are. Bears are capable of making decisions by weighing stimulus and...
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GRR's blog
- Aug 1, 2013
- 5 min
We’re supposed to work in the woods… not get lost in the woods… oops!
After months of planning, applying, and training a suite of awesome volunteers, I started field work this week. It felt great just to be...
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