ALASKA AND CANADA-T H E S P I R I T B E A R......A UNIQUE ANIMAL I S AMONGST US HERE IN U.S.A. AND WESTERN CANADA. THE NATIVE PEOPLES TSIMSIAN CALL THIS BEAR MOKSGM ÓL OR SPIRIT BEAR IN TODAY'S WORLD. ...WHAT MAKES THIS BEAR VERY SPECIAL FIRST TO THE FIRST NATIONS IS THAT THIS WAS A MYTHICAL CREATURE TOLD TO GENERATIONS OF ITS POSSIBLE EXISTANCE. THE SPIRIT BEAR DOES EXSIST AND NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED.... THERE IS A MEASURE IN THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT WHICH IS WORKING TO HAVE A PROTECTED FOREST ENVIRONMENT TO KEEP THIS POPULATION INTACT. LUCKY FOR OUR GENERATION, WE HAVE LOCATED BETWEEN 400 AND 1000 KERMODE SPIRIT BEARS. THE LAST REMAINING LOCALE OF THE SPIRIT BEAR IS IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. THERE ARE 120 REMAINING ON THE PRINCE RUPERT ROYAL ISLAND AND A CONCENTRATED POPULATION ON THE ALASKAN PANHANDLE. THE REST OF THE SPIRIT BEAR POPULATION CAN BE FOUND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THESE TWO SEMI-UN POPULATED AREAS. THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN STEPS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE EXSISTENCE OF THE SPIRIT BEAR AND EVEN HAVE MADE AN OFFICIAL GESTURE MAKING THE SPIRIT BEAR THE OFFICIAL BRITISH COLUMBIAN CANADIAN ANIMAL. PLEASE SUPPORT MY CAUSE TO HELP STOP THE ENCROACHMENT OF HUMAN POPULATION WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE WORLD OF THE SPIRIT BEAR.