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Backyard Bears: Conservation, Habitat Changes, and the Rise of Urban Wildlife



by
Amy Cherrix

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Imprint
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN
9781328858689

Awards and Honors
CCBC Choices 2019 Choice: Science, Technology, and the Natural World
Kirkus Best Books, Middle-Grade - 2018
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North Carolin'’s black bears were once a threatened species, but conservation efforts have been so successful that there is a boom in bear population. Now scientists ask: can humans and bears live compatibly in and around Asheville?

Web resources. Glossary. Source notes. Selected bibliography. Author’s note. Index. Full-color photographs.

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Format

Print

Page Count

80

Trim Size

9" x 11"

Dewey

599.78/5

AR

7.7: points 2

Lexile

1130L

Genre

Nonfic

Scholastic Reading Counts

5

JLG Release

Mar 2019

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Topics

Black bears. Asheville, North Carolina. Animals. Urban wildlife. Animal conservation. Scientists. Citizen scientists. Field science. Conservation science.

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Praise & Reviews

Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:

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Horn Book

The human population of western North Carolina is encroaching on the natural habitat of the region’s black bears. In this encouraging case study of efforts to manage black bear populations in and around Asheville, Cherrix emphasizes how conservationists are looking for sustainable ways to allow humans and wild animals to coexist. She accompanies a team of biologists conducting the North Carolina Urban/Suburban Black Bear Study as they locate a bear and her newborn cub (using radio collars and with the cooperation of the homeowners) on private property. The scientists anesthetize the adult bear and document her vital statistics as well as those of her cub. Photographs capture the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain environment and the care the scientists take in collecting data. Photos of children in contact with an anesthetized bear may raise some eyebrows but underscore the message that respectful coexistence is possible (and cautions on how to handle bear encounters are included in the back matter). In contrast to human-bear interactions from the last century, today’s collaborative efforts among scientists, residents, conservationists, and hunters acknowledge the importance of balancing the concerns of all parties. A chapter on wild animal populations in other communities, from leopards in urban Mumbai to feral chickens in Hawaii, emphasizes the global nature of the problem. Appended with web resources, a glossary, source notes, a selected bibliography, and an index. danielle j. ford

Praise & Reviews

Horn Book

The human population of western North Carolina is encroaching on the natural habitat of the region’s black bears. In this encouraging case study of efforts to manage black bear populations in and around Asheville, Cherrix emphasizes how conservationists are looking for sustainable ways to allow humans and wild animals to coexist. She accompanies a team of biologists conducting the North Carolina Urban/Suburban Black Bear Study as they locate a bear and her newborn cub (using radio collars and with the cooperation of the homeowners) on private property. The scientists anesthetize the adult bear and document her vital statistics as well as those of her cub. Photographs capture the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain environment and the care the scientists take in collecting data. Photos of children in contact with an anesthetized bear may raise some eyebrows but underscore the message that respectful coexistence is possible (and cautions on how to handle bear encounters are included in the back matter). In contrast to human-bear interactions from the last century, today’s collaborative efforts among scientists, residents, conservationists, and hunters acknowledge the importance of balancing the concerns of all parties. A chapter on wild animal populations in other communities, from leopards in urban Mumbai to feral chickens in Hawaii, emphasizes the global nature of the problem. Appended with web resources, a glossary, source notes, a selected bibliography, and an index. danielle j. ford

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