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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.

The Bears at McNeil River
www.gorp.com/gorp/books/excerpts/akwild3.htm
An excerpt from the Alaska Wilderness Guide, by Bill Sherwonit.

Mark's McNeil River Page
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.

Brown Bear
www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/notebook/biggame/brnbear.htm
Information on grizzlies from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Chum Salmon
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.

Salmon Facts
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.

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