Online Resources
We recommend these Web sites for those interested in the subjects shown on the program. All links are valid as of October 13, 2000.
Visiting McNeil River State Game Sanctuary
http://www.wc.adfg.state.ak.us/mcneil/index.cfm
How to win a permit to visit the bears, from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
www.gorp.com/gorp/books/excerpts/akwild3.htm
An excerpt from the Alaska Wilderness Guide, by Bill Sherwonit.
www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Geyser/8231/
In August 1998, Mark Hardgrave was lucky enough to get a permit to go photograph the bears of the McNeil River.
Jon Pascal’s McNeil River Page
http://members.tripod.com/JonPascal/
Links and more from another permit winner.
www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/notebook/biggame/brnbear.htm
Information on grizzlies from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/notebook/fish/chum.htm
Facts and figures on one of the world’s most common species of salmon.
http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/outreach/fishing/salmon.htm
From the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Includes a glossary and information on severl species of salmon.
Print Resources
Sherwonit, Bill. ALASKA’S BEARS: GRIZZLIES, BLACK BEARS, AND POLAR BEARS. Juneau: Alaska Northwest Books, 1998.
Stone, Lynn M. GRIZZLIES (A Carolrhoda Nature Watch Book). San Francisco: Carolrhoda Books, 1993.
Treadwell, Timothy. AMONG GRIZZLIES: LIVING WITH WILD BEARS IN ALASKA. New York: Ballantine, 1999.
Walker, Tom. THE WAY OF THE GRIZZLY: THE BEARS OF ALASKA’S FAMED McNEIL RIVER. Minneapolis: Voyageur Press, 1998.
Wayburn, Peggy. ADVENTURING IN ALASKA. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1998.