free presentation:The Fascinating World of Bears

This sounds like a good even for anyone who's interested in bears (and as
hikers, who isn't?). David Cook is a biologist and board member of the North
Shore Black Bear Society. He has been studying the feeding habits of black bears
on the North Shore and will give a talk on July 3rd about bears across the
world. Registration is required.

Location: Parkgate Branch of the District of North Vancouver Library in the
Parkgate Village Shopping Centre located at the corner of Mount Seymour Parkway
and Mount Seymour Road.
Start time: 7:00 pm, Wednesday 3 July 2013
Registration is required (call the library at 604 929 3727).
Description: This will be a presentation about the natural history and biology
of the 8 species of bear that presently inhabit the globe as well as two
recently extinct species; the European and the Florida Cave Bears. The
presentation will conclude with an account of black bear management on the North
Shore by Christine Miller, the North Shore's Bear Aware Community Coordinator.