Statement of Purpose

Polar Bears Alive is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the worldwide conservation of the polar bear.

Primary Goals

- Conserve the world's polar bears through research and education.
- Serve as a central educational resource on polar bears worldwide.
- Promote teamwork and encourage constructive dialogue.
- Build an organization that is international in scope.
- Operate in a fiscally responsible fashion.

All members of the board serve without compensation or expense reimbursement in order to ensure the lowest possible administrative costs.

Founder

Dan Guravich, Ph.D.

Board of Directors

Robert J. Wilson
President

Frederica Gamble
Vice President

Marcia Guravich
Secretary

Richard P. Beck
Chief Financial Officer

Downs Matthews
Public Relations

Walter Baranowski, M.D.
Hon. James L. Buckley
Robert Buchanan
Jill Kusba, D.V.M.
Tom Ocasek
William Wesp
Patricia Wessinger

Advisory Council

Merv Gunter
Thomas D. Mangelsen

Additional german informations can be found here.


Further informations and topics all around PBA:

How we started | Goals | The bear facts | Join us | Tours | Gallery | President's report

PBI's Polar Bear Projects

PBI is proud that sales from our online gift shop cover our administrative costs, freeing up donations for our polar bear projects. We fund studies with long-range benefits for polar bear conservation and which add to the world's understanding of these magnificent animals. Your donations are supporting the following:

- Stress factors in captive polar bears

- The polar bears of Russia's Wrangel Island, including population, condition and behavior

- The effects of forest fires on maternity denning sites in Manitoba

- The nutritional needs of captive polar bear cubs

- Social behavior in Churchill's polar bears

- The effects of eco-tourism on polar bears

- Online polar bear bibliography

- International Polar Bear Husbandry Conference