DSRD Minister David Coutts says Alberta is taking "the most precautionary approach possible" while trying to determine its grizzly bear population. Chuck Schwartz from Montana State University and Christopher Servheen from the University of Montana, will provide scientific peer review of the DSRD's grizzly bear plan. Their input and information will be used by the DSRD's grizzly bear recovery team to prepare final recommendations to Coutts. The province's bear census will involve placing bait sites near a string of barbed wire. Bears will leave a hair sample on the wire, which will then be used for DNA analysis. Alberta issued 73 grizzly bear hunting licenses in 2005.” (Source: NAHC)