Ecology of the Grizzly Bears of Yellowstone National Park
Ecology of the Grizzly Bears of Yellowstone National Park
The Grizzly Bear is a subspecies of brown bear that once roamed large swaths of the mountains and prairies of the American West. The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and northwest Montana are the only areas south of Canada that still have large Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) populations. Steve Ropski will discuss eating habits, hibernation, reproduction, thermoregulation, status, and attacks on humans by Grizzly Bears. He will also give a little history of Yellowstone National Park.
Location: Jefferson Educational Society - 3207 State Street, Erie, PA 16508
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 1 at 7:00 p.m.
Admission: $10/person or $15 with a guest
Parking: lot behind building, State Street, 33rd Street, 32nd Street, French Street
Dr. Steven Ropski is a graduate of Gannon College (78) with a degree in Biology and teaching certification in high school Biology. He then taught high school Biology at Elk County Christian High School in St. Mary's, Pa for one year. He spent 1979-84 at Indiana State University getting his doctorate in Ecology while studying hibernation in the Meadow Jumping Mouse...and met Ms. Ropski who also teaches at Gannon! Dr. Ropski has been back at his alma mater since 1984. His hobbies include being a referee for college and high school soccer and participating in shows at the Erie Playhouse. He also works for a local Murder Mystery company and does dinner theatre for them and is the proud dad of daughter Meg who is a vet and son Nathaniel who works in admissions at the University of Maryland. He passes the winters in Erie by being a devoted Erie Otters hockey fan and cross-country skiing while biking and kayaking in the summer.
