Join us for Science on Tap, Thursday, April 3rd at 6:30pm in the Cellar at the FLBC Pubhouse. Our speaker is Christopher Servheen, Ph.D., IUCN Bear Specialist Group Co-chair, and President and Board Chair of Montana Wildlife Federation. His talk will be, “Bears and bugs: why do grizzlies eat bugs?.”
Chris Servheen was the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator for 35 years until retiring in 2016. During that time, he coordinated grizzly all the research and management on grizzly bears in the lower 48 states and led the grizzly bear recovery program in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Washington and he chaired the 8 interagency Boards of Review on human fatalities due to grizzly bear attacks in the lower 48 states. These Boards of Review produce detailed reports on how and why each fatality occurred, and in four cases produced detailed recommendations on ways to minimize such human fatalities in the future. Chris was the advisor for 21 graduate students at the University of Montana on research on bears and other species in the US and several foreign countries. Chris is currently the co-chair with Rich Beausoleil of the North American Bears Expert Team for the Bear Specialist Group of IUCN, and President and Board Chair of the Montana Wildlife Federation.
Tickets are $5 a person.
Presentations start at 6:30 pm at the Flathead Lake Brewing Company.
Please note: No food will be available downstairs in the Cellar, please come early and eat upstairs prior to the presentation.
Brought to you by the Flathead Lakers, Flathead Lake Biological Station, and the Flathead Lake Brewing Co.