Habitat

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So What's A Habitat?

•  A habitat is the place where an animal (or plants) live
  
  
• A bear's habitat provides for its basic needs of:
  • Space (bears need plenty of space!)
  • Food
  • Shelter
  • Water
    
    
•  Bears need a reliable and plentiful source of food throughout the late spring, summer, and early fall:
• If bears don't have a big enough food supply they could starve unless they can find food elsewhere... Habitats for Bears
  
  
  • Black Bears prefer coniferous forests for their habitat, near a good supply of water with some open areas
    like fields and meadows which provide grasses, herbs, berries, and other desirable foods 
  • Grizzlies prefer river valleys, and open meadows for their habitat.
    They live on the coast and throughout the mountainous regions of BC
  • The environment where bears live provide them with water from rivers, ponds, lakes or streams:
    • They also get the materials they need for their daybeds like trees, bushes, and branches 
    • And, use thickets, hollow logs, depressions left by uprooted trees, rocky outcroppings, and even open areas as their den sites
    • Bears adapt to winter food shortages by entering a period of winter sleepiness (lethargy, dormancy or hibernation): 

Do you know  Why Bears Hibernate in the Winter?  

Black Bear Sources:  Bears In BC - Hinterland - BC Government
Grizzly Sources:  Bears In BC - Hinterland - BC Government - Grizzly Bears In BC

Here's a Habitat & Environment Glossary – be sure to check out: 

• Conservation 

• Ecology  / Ecosystem  / Environment 

• Habitat 

• Sustainable Development  

 

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