Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Black-Bear-in-Tongass-National-Forest-in-Alaska-27MZIFVJBAXY.htmlConceptually similarBlack Bear in Tongass National Forest in AlaskaGP02GIZCompleted★★★★Black Bear in Tongass National Forest in AlaskaGP02GJ1Completed★★★★Forests Black Bear in Tongass National Forest in AlaskaGP02GJ2Completed★★★★★★Black Bear in Boreal Forest of AlaskaGP02L3UCompleted★★★★Black Bear in Boreal Forest of AlaskaGP02L3VCompleted★★★★Black Bear in Boreal Forest of AlaskaGP02L3WCompleted★★★★Black Bear in Boreal Forest of AlaskaGP02L3XCompleted★★★★Black Bear in Boreal Forest of AlaskaGP02L3YCompleted★★★★Black Bear in Boreal Forest of AlaskaGP02L3ZCompleted★★★★View AllGP049JDBlack Bear in Tongass National Forest in AlaskaA black bear (Ursus americanus) in the water next to Gravina Island in the Tongass National Forest of Alaska.These omnivores have better eyesight and hearing than humans. They are known to mark trees with their teeth and claws as a form of communication with other bears.Locations:Alaska-North America-Tongass National Forest-United States of AmericaDate:8 Aug, 2003Credit:© Mark Linneman / GreenpeaceMaximum size:2700px X 1797pxKeywords:Bears-Black bears-Day-Forests (campaign title)-Forests (topography)-KWCI (GPI)-National parks-Nature-Outdoors-Rivers-Rocks-Summer-Sunny-Temperate rainforests-Trees-WaterShoot:'Endangered Forests, Endangered Freedoms' Tour in Alaskan TongassDocumentation of old growth forest and clearcutting in the Tongass National Forest. Greenpeace sent the MV Esperanza to the Tongass on its "Endangered Forests, Endangered Freedoms" tour, investigating the threat posed by the Bush administration's large-scale logging strategies to forests across America. The tour met with threw many obstacles in its way, including denying dock space for the ship to make the visit as difficult as possible. However, many local community members (including the indigenous Tlingit peoples) have thwarted those efforts, going so far as to offer Greenpeace their personal berth spaces.
