Who: Free event open to all, RSVP encouraged
Where: Honest Weight Artisan Brewery, 131 West Main Street, Unit 104, Orange
When: Thursday, February 6, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Description: Are you curious about the bears in our midst? Join us for good company and local beer and snacks and learn from MassWildlife’s Black Bear and Furbearer Biologist, Dave Wattles, PhD. Dave has been studying and working with large mammals in Massachusetts since 2006 when he began collaring and studying moose for his graduate work at UMass Amherst. He has 15 years of experience conducting black bear research and has been the Black Bear and Furbearer Biologist with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) since 2016. Dave Wattles will describe the history of the black bear population in Massachusetts and its remarkable recovery during the last fifty years. In addition to bear ecology, he will discuss the results of fifteen years of radio and GPS collaring research. The collar data has revealed information on reproduction, survival, causes of mortality, habitat use, and movement. Wattles will also talk about coexisting with bears.
RSVP by emailing Caitie at dwyer-huppert@mountgrace.org