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North Cascades Unveils New Education Trailer
 The North Cascades Ecosystem Subcommittee unveiled their newest educational resource on August 19, 2011, with the beginning of a state-wide tour by their new Bear Education Trailer. Modeled after a smaller prototype created by the Center for Wildlife Information in Missoula, Montana, the 17-foot-long North Cascades trailer is emblazoned with bear education graphics. It contains both grizzly bear and black bear full-body taxidermy mounts and all the supplies to provide a quality educational program for youth or adults. The trailer will be stationed at the USFWS office in Wenatchee as a resource for the North Cascades Ecosystem Subcommittee member agencies and for personnel from the Grizzly Bear Outreach Program (GBOP) who are contracted by the NC Subcommittee to carry out bear-related education in the North Cascades Grizzly Bear Recovery Area.
The trailer is the culmination of a three-year effort by the North Cascades Information & Education subcommittee. Funds to pay for the trailer came from a grant from IGBC, funds from the USFWS, and from contributions from partners. Non-agency contributors and partners include GBOP, Cabela’s, Counter Assault Bear Deterrent Spray, United Taxidermist’s Association , and Captured Expressions Taxidermy. Purchase, design and construction of the trailer were contracted through the Center for Wildlife Information. (Click on the above link to read the entire article)
Additional Articles:
The Wenachee World
The North Cascades Grizzly Bear Outreach Project [GBOP]
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