Hard Truths of Conservation - Coastal Black Bear

Black bears are the most widely distributed large carnivores in North America. From coast to coast, and from as far south as Florida to as far north as Alaska, black bears are a common part of the natural cycle. While states carefully manage populations through hunting, there’s still cultures across North America who have a much deeper connection to these bears.

In this episode, Dan Cabela travels to Vancouver Island and meets with tribal leader Chief Cootes, to learn more about how the careful management of black bears offers economic benefits while maintaining cultural importance to his community. He also takes part in a hunt and meets with a local medicine woman to learn how these people appreciate and use the entire bear responsibly.

Don’t miss this new episode airing tomorrow, Saturday, September 14th at 9:00am EST in the outdoors block on the History channel. And in case you missed it, there will be an encore presentation of last week’s episode, ”Wild Harvest”, immediately following at 9:30am EST.