•     Interviewing key stakeholders to gather information and develop a comprehensive  conceptual map of the participants, their perspectives, their bases of power, and all of the other elements of the social process affecting grizzly bear conservation in the Banff- Bow Valley region. The results of this study will form a chapter in a proposed book on  Learning Sustainability Through Large Carnivore Conservation, to be edited by Tim Clark and  Murray Rutherford.

•     Systematically analyzing the claims and counterclaims that have been made about grizzly bear management in this region. This will help us to develop further insight into the  perspectives, and particularly the demands and expectations, of participants in this  policy arena.

•     Conducting a Q-method study of the views of key stakeholders about the problem of grizzly bear conservation in this region. Q method allows participants to describe their  subjective views about a subject of interest and helps to identify the issues about which there is dissent among participants, as well as the issues for which there may be  opportunities for agreement. We took part in a similar Q study sponsored by NRCC in Montana, and the results were particularly helpful in clarifying important dimensions of the problem of large carnivore conservation.