BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:802182:Event:5845 DTSTAMP:20100318T065325Z SUMMARY:Bear Awareness Week DESCRIPTION:

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\n\nCelebrate & Educate - All Week Lo ng\n\nMonday, September 7 at the Yellowstone Association at 7 P M:\n\nFilm: \"Grizzly\" plus Q & A with film maker John Shier. Great footage of the lives of a Grizzly and her cubs and of a boar Gr izzly, on his own for the first time. The film shows what life is like for bears as they work to survive in Yellowstone. But, what happens w hen bears have some run-ins with humans? Is there a happy ending? Chat with the film-maker afterwards.\n\nTuesday, September 8 at the Gar diner Community Center at 7 PM:\n\nBear Share: Community Gathering - Bears are in town. What can we do about it?\n\nDan Tyers, National Forest Service Wildlife Biologist, will help run this Town Hall style meeting. Share with your neighbors what the bears are up to in your ya rd or neighborhood. Find out what you might do and what help is availa ble.\n\nWednesday, September 9 at Yellowstone Association at 7 PM:< /b>\n\nTalk: \"Up Close and Personal: The Tragedy of Misinformation ab out Bears\", Chuck Bartlebaugh.\n\nJust how buddy-buddy can you be wit h a Grizzly? Chuck Bartlebaugh of the Center for Wildlife Information stages a wild show about getting close to bears.\n\nThursday, Septe mber 10 at Yellowstone Association at 7 PM:\n\nTalk: From Garbage Bears to Wild Bears: Learn from the Yellowstone Experience.\n\nKerry G unther, Yellowstone National Park, Bear Management Specialist. The bea r situation in the park was as bad as it could get, but in a decade YN P turned things around. Find out how they did it!\n\nFriday, Septem ber 11 at the Community Center 5:30 to 8:30 PM:\n\nFilm: \"Clash\" \nDinner: Sponsored by Yellowstone Country Guardians.\n\nDinner from 5 :30 to 6:30 PM. $6 per adult and $4 per child. Beer ad wine available. 6:45 PM FREE screening of Bob Landis' film \"Clash\".\n\nSaturday, September 12 at Arch Park 1 PM:\n\n1 - 2 PM\nBear Spray Demo: Chu ck Bartlebaugh\n\n2 - 3 PM\nBear Dog Program: Wind River Institute\n\n 3:30 - 6 PM\nLive Music: The Shufflebums\n\n6 - 6:15 PM\nBear Words: S ponsors and Bear Can Raffle\n\n6:15 to 7 PM\nBear Dog Program: Wind Ri ver Institute\n\n7 - 10 PM\nLive Music: Sally Newsome & Tom Murphy \n\n\nSeveral preventable conflicts between grizzly bears and people i n and around Gardiner have led to property damage, injury and loss of bears. Get up to speed on how we can better live, hunt and hike in bea r country.\n\nFor more information visit http://bearcreekcouncil.org/e vents/bear-awareness-week DTSTART:20090907T070000Z DTEND:20090913T065900Z CATEGORIES:event LOCATION:Gardiner Montana WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT: ORGANIZER:Bear Creek Council ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://api.ning.com/files/gSJhFujWgtntWK*i 3CmMV2ueyW84ANd41ytBimrc0VWoVyXJESlMoLW6LkK9QLfh6w4VTfVs0K5o5*E8hVCjBX yWVy3wSTtz/calendaricon.jpg ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Greening Gardiner":http://bearcreekcouncil.org/profile/greengardiner END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR