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Highlighting: Ursa Major Training and Consulting

February 14, 2018

As a self-proclaimed transplant to the Pacific Northwest, Teresa Whipple has taken her passion for all things wild and built a Bear Awareness Training business designed to help visitors better evaluate risk when exploring Southeast’s wilderness areas.

Located in Juneau, Ursa Major Training and Consulting was created out of a need to thoroughly train guides on bear behavior in a way the industry was not yet used to. Read more!

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