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MOVIES AND VIDEOS The residents of Eagles Nest Township and their black bears have long had a unique relationship. Eagles Nest Bears Button Using food to divert animals from areas where they are unwanted or could cause conflicts with people Can food lead bears of out trouble? Button Charlie Russell at Vermilion College, Ely, MN June 28, 2013 Fifty Years Living with the Great Bears Button Filmmakers Jeff and Sue Turner profile a Canadian named Charlie Russell, who raises orphaned bear cubs in the Russian wilderness. The Edge of Eden: Living With Grizzlies Button Learn about all 8 species of bears All bear species Button

EAGLES NEST TOWNSHIP Eagles Nest Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eagles Nest Township is a township in Saint Louis County , Minnesota , United States. The population was 243 at the 2020 census. State Highway 1 (MN 1 ) and State Highway 169 (MN 169 ) serve as the main route in the township. The unincorporated community of McComber is located within Eagles Nest Township. Bear Head Lake State Park is located in the southeast portion of the township. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 29.9 square miles (77 km2); 25.2 square miles (65 km2) is land and 4.7 square miles (12 km2), or 15.85%, is water. The Armstrong River flows through the central portion of Eagles Nest Township. Mud Creek flows through the northern portion of the township.

BOOKS, DVDS, PAPERS, NEWS, MOVIES, WEBSITES Books you can borrow from the BearTeam lending library Books to Borrow Button DVDs you can borrow from the BearTeam lending library DVDs to watch Button Papers and journal articles about black bears and black bear behavior Research Papers Button Read about bears in the news Bears in the news Button Watch movies and videos about bears Watch movies and videos Button Websites to learn more about bears and bear habitat conditions Websites Button

bd3d124d-4971-4261-be7e-3d928f12ad50 Grizzly Heart Grizzly Heart is the remarkable account of how, for the past seven years, Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns have defied the preconceptions of wildlife officials and the general public by living unthreatened - and respected - among the grizzly bears on Russia's rugged and glorious Kamchatka Peninsula. At the core is the story of the couple's adoption of three bear cubs and how they helped teach these cubs to survive in the wild. Their project demonstrates that it is possible to forge a respectful relationship with these majestic giants, and provides persuasive reasons for altering our ideas about bears. Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns January 1, 2003 368 Pages:

80e41d83-518d-4368-8398-f2e5ecf74732 The BearDude Story, Data vs Dogma Could a tale about a marijuana grow op guarded by more than a dozen black bears get any weirder? Yes. It was a crime story that all but wrote itself. In 2010, police investigating an outdoor marijuana operation in British Columbia's southern Interior uncovered more than just pot plants. As the officers worked to dismantle the grow op, bears sauntered out of the woods, first six, then another four, and by final count as many as two dozen. When police searched the nearby house of an eccentric recluse, they found a "frantic" Vietnamese pot-bellied pig and a "laid back" raccoon. Allen Piche April 14, 2015 424 Pages:

b86bd33f-51f2-47c1-9063-129c11c591c6 Living With Bears: A Practical Guide to Bear Country Colorado author Linda Masterson dispels myths, replaces fear with respect, and lays the foundation for improving human-black bear relations with an inside look at the fascinating world of these highly intelligent, adaptable and resourceful animals found in 41 U.S. states and every province in Canada. With over 900,000 black bears roaming North America today, people from Florida to British Columbia are encountering bears more often, and as a result, human-bear conflicts are on the rise. This guidebook to life in bear country is packed with a wealth of useful and often surprising information, and down-to-earth advice from bear experts all over the continent, along with real-life stories from wildlife managers, organizations and communities who've discovered creative, workable ways for people and bears to share space. Linda Masterson April 1, 2006 256 Pages:

9941616f-9a89-4ca8-9048-5ecadf20594a Bear Encounters: True Stories to Entertain and Educate Bear Encounters is a collection of stories about the run-ins everyday people have with bears. From the one about the black bear at the cabin that was chased away by the fifteen-pound family dog, to the bear that harmlessly wandered through a Boy Scout camp, these brief and often funny encounters capture the true nature of bears. More than 90 stories have been collected from fans of the North American Bear Center. They include a variety of tales, from routine encounters in backyards, on porches and driveways to sometimes funny and challenging experiences. The stories are grouped into sections around common myths and include anecdotes about how bear encounters have changed people’s views for the better. Read these stories, and you’ll never see bears the same way again. North American Bear Center (compiler) February 22, 2013 128 Pages:

MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS A problem for BEARS is not so much what we DON'T know, it's what we THINK we know that isn't true . Dr. Lynn Rogers Ph.D. Learn More To Feed or Not to Feed Consequences of feeding black bears? Learn More Are black bears like dogs? Learn More Bears stink, mothers and cubs, bears lurking in the woods and more....

1f2a05ef-3799-4378-9c56-fb6bd35093b9 Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law Join "America’s funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post), Mary Roach, on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. What’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put on trial. These days, as New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology. Roach tags along with animal-attack forensics investigators, human-elephant conflict specialists, bear managers, and "danger tree" faller blasters. Intrepid as ever, she travels from leopard-terrorized hamlets in the Indian Himalaya to St. Peter’s Square in the early hours before the pope arrives for Easter Mass, when vandal gulls swoop in to destroy the elaborate floral display. She taste-tests rat bait, learns how to install a vulture effigy, and gets mugged by a macaque. Combining little-known forensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarecrows, langur impersonators, and trespassing squirrels, Roach reveals as much about humanity as about nature’s lawbreakers. When it comes to "problem" wildlife, she finds, humans are more often the problem―and the solution. Fascinating, witty, and humane, Fuzz offers hope for compassionate coexistence in our ever-expanding human habitat. Mary Roach September 14, 2021 320 Pages:

FIFTY YEARS LIVING WITH THE GREAT BEARS "Fifty Years Living with the Great Bears" Charlie Russell at Vermilion College, Ely, MN June 28, 2013

WHY THE WHITE PINE MATTERS John Rajala and granddaughter Hallie, 2, bud-cap a white pine seedling in October. (Provided by John Rajala) Minnesota’s official state tree might be the red pine, but you should really meet its older sibling, the white pine. The white pine is much taller with cool wavy hair. Hundreds of years ago, the land we call Minnesota was a different kind of borderland. Here, the prairie met the edge of a massive white pine forest that stood sentry over the eastern side of the continent. When logging companies cut nearly all the timber, everything changed. Time and improved conservation methods brought back a new forest, but white pine never recovered to its past glory. Instead, other species rose to prominence, especially aspen. A forest is like a big family. It has different characters, social pressure, unresolved trauma and takes generations to really change. But like any tight family, when you love the forest, it will love you back. And for one family in northern Minnesota, passion for the white pine became a defining mission. The first time I met Jack Rajala, he looked like just about any backwoods Finn with a shock of white hair and a well-worn flannel shirt. I later learned that he operated one of the biggest timber companies in Itasca County. We hit it off after he saw me clomping around indoors with heavy winter boots — to him, the mark of a serious person. Jack’s personal calling was to restore white pine in Minnesota. His family cut down millions of Minnesota trees since the early 1900s, so he felt personally responsible for the decline of the white pine. He could also see climate change happening in the woods before many in his industry were willing to admit it. Before his death from brain cancer in 2016, Rajala personally planted more than one million white pine seedlings. Today, his son John and grandson Ethan carry on Jack’s work, though what they’ve learned about the forest goes far beyond one species of tree. Instead of dragging the forest floor with heavy equipment, like Jack tried, the Rajalas have found ways to let nature take the lead. John Rajala and his father, Jack, prepare a site for white pine planting in 2014. (Provided by John Rajala) “We get an abundance of regeneration with way less expensive methods,” said John Rajala. “It comes with some physical labor, but that’s a good life.” Two factors cause the white pine to regenerate more slowly than other species. The first is whitetail deer browsing. “We refer to white pine and northern white cedar as deer candy, which is a completely non-forestry-related term but a good way to look at it,” said Matt Pilko, a forester with the Itasca County Soil and Water Conservation District. The other threat is a fungus called white pine blister rust, which cycles between white pines and certain forest shrubs like gooseberries and currants. This disease has wiped out entire sections of white pine trees. In both cases, Pilko said people can do something to help white pines thrive. If you have white pines on your property, trim branches off the bottom third of white pine trees to help prevent blister rust. Now is a good time to look for all-brown needles on any branch and trim those off completely. It’s also time to “bud-cap” the terminal bud of young white pine to prevent deer browsing over winter, a method that Jack Rajala pioneered in Minnesota. This involves folding a small piece of biodegradable paper across the top of the tree like a flap, stapled lightly to hold it in place. The caps either fall off when the terminal bud pushes through in spring or can be removed manually. This should be done every year until the tree is at least 4 feet tall or out of reach for hungry deer. Pests, diseases, climate change and human development aren’t going away any time soon, so it will take conscious effort to maintain healthy forests. “The way that we’re going to be able to manage our forest to withstand different changes is to increase the diversity of our species,” said Pilko. The importance of biodiversity is something John Rajala said his family learned in their quest to bring back the white pine. The most conducive way to restore the white pine was to plant it selectively amid other species. “This biodiversity crisis is as important as our climate crisis,” said John Rajala. “Climate is an existential threat to humans, but the forest will survive it. But you can’t just solve the climate issue and not pay attention to the biodiversity issue.” That’s what’s on the mind of the next generation of Rajalas, including John’s granddaughter, Hallie, 2, who helped him bud-cap white pine trees last month. I remember Jack’s funeral in 2016. A speaker said she asked Jack what to do about a small tree that was growing alongside a larger broken one. “Leave it alone,” he told her. “That tree knows what to do.” In Minnesota we love trees, or at least say we do. But we don’t trust them. If we did, we’d see how they support every living thing in the woods, including us. You only have one family. With love, it will provide. About the writer Aaron Brown Editorial Columnist Aaron Brown is a columnist for the Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Board. He’s based on the Iron Range but focuses on the affairs of the entire state. © 2025 StarTribune.All rights reserved. Click to Learn More About White Pines

JUST FOR FUN Grab your crayons and color these nature themed coloring sheets created just for us Unleash your creativity Button Humor from our friend Dave Coverly Just for laughs Button Videos which show how timid black bears are Terriers and Tabbies vs. Black Bears Button We know you're curious.... Find the answers behind the signs Button Learn more about the bears of the world Bears of the World Button Solve a puzzle of bear related facts or navigate fun mazes Puzzles & Mazes Button