date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:11:58 -0400 from: "Elizabeth Peacock" subject: RE: Emerging from Hibernation to: "'Mark Hassall'" , , "'Miroslaw Kuc'" , "'Tim Osborn'" Hi Mark - Thanks for your notes. I added some comments to them. I think it would be great if you took a first stab at the Introduction. You and I could bat it around - as we have a pretty good idea of how things will pan out. Although you may not know as much about polar bears ---- you certainly do have by far the most experience in writing and the most broad ecological background to make this interesting to a wider audience. I can help out with the pbear ideas. I've attached Amy's stab at the methods here. Miro will eventually add some technical parts re: RISKMAN and natality. I haven't had the time to comment on them yet. The results should be coming in in waves from Miro. Once I get them all - I can take a look and summarize them and suggest to the group what I think is most poignant, unique and interesting in terms of polar bear conservation, management and ecology. At that point - we could talk about the discussion. Things are coming together ...... I leave for Baffin Bay quota reduction meetings on Monday. Wish me luck. Elizabeth Peacock, Ph.D. Polar bear biologist Department of Environment Government of Nunavut Box 209 Igloolik, NU X0A-0L0 epeacock@nunavutwildlife.ca ph: 867-934-2186 fx: 867-934-2190 From: Mark Hassall [mailto:M.Hassall@uea.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:29 PM To: amyoliver@cantab.net; mktaylor@qiniq.com; 'Miroslaw Kuc'; 'Elizabeth Peacock'; 'Tim Osborn' Subject: Emerging from Hibernation Dear All, I feel a bit as though I am emerging from hibernation to discover that everyone else has been beavering away all winter while I've been sleeping. Sorry about this, I'll try and make up I promise. To help me get back into gear I have been through all my notes and the e-mails you have kindly sent me and written out for my own benefit what I thought were the key elements of what has been happening since last December. Please could you be kind enough to glance through these notes and let me have any comments and corrections that you think appropriate. I make a few suggestions as to how I might contribute to the writing and would be especially grateful for comments on those. All the best, its good to be out of the den on the fresh clean snow again. (I know, someone is about to tell me male polar bears don't hibernate in dens, so let's pretend I am an errant grizzly!!!!) Cheers, Mark Attachment Converted: "c:\documents and settings\tim osborn\my documents\eudora\attach\Polar Bear Project Progress Summary_lp.doc" Attachment Converted: "c:\documents and settings\tim osborn\my documents\eudora\attach\Methods.doc"