Biography:Stephen Herrero
Stephen Herrero | |
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| Born | San Francisco, California |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Research on bear behaviour |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Animal science |
| Institutions | University of Calgary |
Stephen Herrero is a Canadian professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Calgary. He is the author of Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance, which has been described as "authoritative" and "required reading" on the topic.[1][2]
Herrero was born in San Francisco, and earned his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in animal behaviour and ecology.[1] He moved to Canada after becoming disillusioned with overdevelopment in the U.S., and the Vietnam War.[1]
As a professor at the University of Calgary, Herrero's research on bear attacks has been highly influential; it helped develop new policies in bear safety and shifted focus to bear conservation.[1] He is described as a leading authority on bear attacks and safety, produces bear safety videos, and testifies in legal proceedings involving bear attacks.[3][4][5][6]
He was a consultant on the 1978 National Film Board documentary, Bears and Man.[7]
In 2011, he would conduct educational seminars about bears at national parks such as Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.[8][9]
See also
- Bear attack
- List of fatal bear attacks in North America
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bergman, Brian. "Born to Be High and Wild". Maclean's. http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20030623_61348_61348.
- ↑ Fraser, Caroline. "You Are in Bear Country". Outside. http://outsideonline.com/outside/magazine/200103/200103disp1.html.
- ↑ Slade, Darryl (23 September 2010). "Bear expert defends Parks Canada's actions before Lake Louise grizzly attack". Ottawa Citizen. https://ottawacitizen.com/story_print.html?id=3570594.
- ↑ "Dr. Steve Herrero". University of Calgary. https://www.ucalgary.ca/evds/people/faculty/herrero.[1-sep-09-me-43719-story.html|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ Kirkby, Bruce (18 February 2011). "Exploring the wild frontier of Jumbo Valley, B.C.". The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/exploring-the-wild-frontier-of-jumbo-valley-bc/article1913269/page4/.
- ↑ Belluck, Pam (11 May 2011). "Study of Black Bears Finds It's Not the Mamas That Should Be Feared the Most". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11bears.html.
- ↑ Colpitts, George (2011). "Films, Tourists, and Bears in the National Parks: Managing Park Use and the Problematic ‘Highway Bum’ Bear". in Claire Elizabeth Campbell. A Century of Parks Canada, 1911-2011. Calgary: University of Calgary Press. pp. 168. ISBN 9781552385265. http://dspace.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/1880/48466/17/UofCPress_ParksCanada_2011_Chapter12.pdf. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
- ↑ Moose, Mailing Address: P. O. Box 170 (April 11, 2011). "Bear Biologist Stephen Herrero to Speak - Grand Teton National Park (U.S. National Park Service)" (in en). https://www.nps.gov/grte/learn/news/11-13.htm.
- ↑ Douglas, Nigel (October 1, 2011). "Stephen Herrero –Scientist, Advocate, and Wilderness Defender". https://albertawilderness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2011-stephen-herrero_20111000_ar_awa_recall_SH_ND.pdf.
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