Chris Morgan

My Areas of Interest: Environment, conservation and wildlife

Chris Morgan is a British conservation ecologist specializing in international bear research and conservation.  He has a Masters degree in Advanced Ecology and has worked on bear research and environmental education projects in many wild locations including Spain, the Pakistani Himalayas, the Canadian Arctic, Ecuador, the Canadian Rockies and the USA.  In 1997, he emigrated to Washington State and established Insight Wildlife Management which specializes in field research and environmental education – especially regarding bears and other carnivores.  Chris has been a regular lecturer at Western Washington University’s Environmental Science Department and is also the co-director of the North Cascades Grizzly Bear Outreach Project (GBOP) – an innovative approach to promoting knowledge about bears in local communities.

In 2007 Chris co-founded Wildlife Media, a non-profit organization that creates epic films and funding campaigns for global wildlife conservation. Wildlife Media’s first major production, BEARTREK, follows Chris’s journey to discover unusual bears in six of the planets wildest locations.

In 2003 he was honored by the Environmental Education Association of Washington as 'Outstanding Environmental Educator' of the year. In 2008 his contributions to grizzly bear conservation in the USA were honored with an award from the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee in Montana. He is known for his infectious passion and enthusiasm for wild places, and he is happiest when sharing this with others in the field. Chris describes Katmai as his "favorite place on earth" and has been leading bear viewing trips here since 1998. Chris lives in Bellingham, Washington, USA.