Grizzly Kingdom: An Artist's Encounter

Patrick Colgan is the executive director of the Canadian Museum of
Nature in Ottawa.

This richly illustrated book opens with a map and chronology of artist
Maureen Enns’s travels in Western Canada. The flowing and candid
accounts of these travels include discussions of the biology and
management of bears; bear training and relocation; the high wilderness
and its wildlife; and the political, financial, and logistical
frustrations of arranging filming and sketching (Grizzly Kingdom is
linked with a television documentary and a series of paintings of
bears). The closing material includes a useful set of backcountry tips,
a strategy for saving bear habitat, addresses of relevant conservation
groups, and a bibliography.