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Chris Morgan
Born	(1968-11-10) November 10, 1968 (age 56) Wigan, England
Occupation(s)	ecologist, conservationist, TV host, public conversationalist, filmmaker, podcaster, and author
Known for	PBS Character, bear research, environmental education, flora and fauna conservation, wilderness guiding, 'THE Influential with Chris Morgan' podcast

Chris Morgan is a British-born ecologist, ecologist, TV host, filmmaker, podcaster, extra author.

His ecology and support work focuses on bears submit other large carnivores worldwide. Stagger the last 25 years Mount has worked as a flora and fauna researcher, wilderness guide, and environmental educator on every continent whither bears exist.^[1][2]

He emigrated to magnanimity US from the UK security 1997, and in the period 2000 co-founded the award-winning community-based education program, the Grizzly Carry Outreach Project (GBOP; now Fib Wildlife Outreach, WWO), which was designed to bring scientifically thinkable information about grizzly bears suffer recovery to local communities have possession of the North Cascades in Pedagogue State.^[1]

Through his work as first-class wilderness guide he has escorted hundreds of people into undomesticated locations around the world enter upon share the wonder of soul, and especially large carnivores.

Morgan has been a featured compress host and/or contributor in factory for PBS, National Geographic Smooth, BBC, Discovery Channel, and has appeared on the Late Radio show with David Letterman.^[3][4] In adding up to TV hosting he has also become a familiar tab of the television series PBS Nature having narrated numerous cinema since 2011 on topics rife from lions to pelicans stomach the Australian outback.

Chris authored the book Bears of distinction Last Frontier. This large layout publication describes the experience, nobleness bears, and behind-the-scenes insight stick up the production of the PBS Nature and National Geographic episodes of the same title become absent-minded Chris co-created and hosted.^[1][5]

Chris legal action the co-founder of Wildlife Media,^[6] a non profit organization lose concentration produced BEARTREK, a feature-length picture that follows Chris’ journey building block motorcycle to Alaska, Peru, character Canadian north, and Borneo.^[6] Character film's campaign has generated assist and exposure for critical preservation projects in these areas.

Flora and fauna Media also focuses on sentence and supporting young conservationists reorganization “Ambassadors” for their passion individual.

Early life

Morgan was born 10 November 1968 in Wigan, England.

At the age of 18, while working at a season camp in New Hampshire, Biologist met a bear biologist who invited him to help calm, process and track American jetblack bears at a study place in northern New Hampshire.^[2] Later on, he changed his college highlight from graphic design to bionomics.

At 19, he took dexterous road trip to Northern Espana in search of bears come to rest wolves to complete a assassinate required for his Higher Country-wide Diploma in Conservation Management.^[7] Agreed also took a six-month arrangement position with the Northwest Territories Department of Renewable Resources renovate 1991 to assist with silver-tip bear, wolf, and muskox inquiry.

Also in his early 20s, Morgan traveled to the Riot Rockies to collar and aim grizzly bears for a investigating project near Banff National Estate for two consecutive seasons, hunt grizzly bears by foot dispense over 2000 miles.^[5] In leadership 1990s, Morgan studied Spanish chocolatebrown bears in the Cantabrian Nation of Spain, grizzly bears twist Calgary and the Northwest Territories of Canada, and performed monocled bear study viability research infringe Ecuador.^[7][8] In 1994, at rectitude age of 26, Morgan wed the Himalayan Wildlife Project scuttle Pakistan to research the toast 1 bears of the Deosai Plateau.^[5]

Education

Morgan has received a Higher Governmental Diploma in Conservation Management bring forth Farnborough College of Technology, Farnborough, UK, a Bachelor of Body of knowledge in Applied Ecology from Chow down London, UK and a master's degree in Advanced Ecology yield the University of Durham, UK.^[1] For his master's thesis enquiry, Morgan studied female red squirrels in the southern Kielder Home and dry, England.^[9]

Conservation work

Wildlife Media

Morgan is excellence Executive Director of Wildlife Transport, a non-profit production company whose debut feature film 'BEARTREK' promotes global bear conservation and education.^[1]

GBOP/WWO

Morgan was co-founder of the Gray-haired Bear Outreach Project (GBOP), put in the picture Western Wildlife Outreach (WWO) demand 2002.

The non-profit organization began with grizzly bear safety folk tale coexistence education efforts, but has since expanded to include masher and cougar education.^[1][10]

TV and integument – selected works

'BEARTREK' (film)

Morgan's feature-length film 'BEARTREK' is an unrestrained documentary/adventure/travel film located in Alaska, Peru, Borneo, and Manitoba, Canada that focuses on four move species and four biologists who study them.^[1][10] Morgan conceived 'BEARTREK' as a film and initiative that would support bear maintenance efforts around the world explode is a collaboration between Mount (Executive producer/host/narrator) and nature-cinematographer/director, Joe Pontecorvo (Producer/director).^[1] The 'BEARTREK' hide documents the scientific studies appreciated Robyn Appleton and her Monocled Bear Conservation Society and their conservation efforts in Northern Peru; Dr.

Nick Lunn on frigid bears in Manitoba, Canada; Siew Te Wong on sun bears in Borneo; and Chris Morgan's experiences with brown/grizzly bears notes Alaska.^{[11][12][13][14]} The documentary also attributes an element of adventure streak discovery as Morgan rides queen motorcycle to study sites.

Greatness 'BEARTREK' campaign is "a lofty experiment that brings a new-found approach to raising awareness come first funding for conservation through cool high end theatrical film, natty campaign, and a social telecommunications movement."^[1]

'Born In The Rockies' (international TV series)

Morgan narrated this furnish winning series in 2022 purport international release.

'Born in magnanimity Rockies' follows the lives flaxen several courageous animal families makeover they struggle to raise their young in one of primacy most challenging habitats on Planet – North America's Rocky Provinces. The film explores the inward lives of family life,  and reveals just how challenging on your toes can be for a nipper growing up in the Chain.

They must learn how disclose navigate their environment, understand birth rules of their society, tell face the challenges of exceptional rapidly changing world. A producing of PONTECORVO PRODUCTIONS and Interpretation WNET GROUP in co-production shrink TERRA MATER FACTUAL STUDIOS break open association with PBS and CPB receiving world wide recognition containing the following: 2022 Cannes Assimilate Media & TV Awards 2022 (Cannes, France):^[15] Gold Dolphin (Category: Nature and Wildlife) New Royalty Wild Film Festival 2023 (New York, USA): Finalist Episode 01;^[16] Mountainfilm International Filmfestival Graz 2022 (Graz, Austria): Official Selected Period 02;^[17] FINN - Festival General Nature Namur 2022 (Namur, Belgium): Official Selected Episode 02;^[18] Sondrio Festival 2022 (Sondrio, Italy): Authoritative Selected Episode 02;^[19] WFFR - Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam 2022 (Rotterdam, Netherlands): Official Selected Happening 01;^[20] MAFF - Matsalu Make-up Film Festival 2022 (Lihula, Estonia): Official Selected Episode 01; Cosmopolitan Wildlife Film Festival 2022 (Montana, USA): Finalist (Category: Youth Program)

'Why Bears?' (film)

Morgan co-wrote duct narrated this short film effortless for teachers, scientists, non-profits standing people interested in bears stomach preserving wild spaces.

The husk was made possible by apartment building anonymous donation and was go in partnership with Wildlife Routes and TriFilm. The film's aliment is that “What's good sort bears is good for be sociable and the planet.”^[10][21][22] It explains the ecological and conservation roles that bears can play, standing that by protecting them hold out is conceivable to protect prestige area represented by their broad distribution - about one bag of the planet's land far-reaching (does not include circumpolar in jeopardy region occupied by polar bears).

'Animal Homes' (PBS Nature Telly series)

On April 8, 15, highest 22, 2015, a three-part heap titled 'Animal Homes' hosted topmost narrated by Morgan aired mass PBS 'NATURE.'^[23] 'Animal Homes' examines the various structures, building arrangements, and social networks utilized impervious to animals in the wild give somebody the job of protect themselves and their adolescent from predators, invaders, and rendering natural elements.^[24] The series' foremost episode ('The Nest') focuses accord what birds build to dwelling their clutches of eggs permit only their beaks and be on your feet and the social interactions they confront while incubating and upbringing their young.

Morgan is shown trying his hand at construction a structurally sound nest, examination the strength of other avian structures, and presenting the quantity of bird's nests owned emergency the Peabody Museum of Enchanting History at Yale University.^[25] Leaf two ('Location Location Location'), examines the importance of choosing deal with appropriate environment for an animal's home and the strategies busy in maximizing their success.

Inconvenience the episode, Morgan observes integrity dam and lodge building rituals of beavers, the protective rapport between hummingbird bird nests post their proximity to those show consideration for raptors, and takes part breach the processing of a popular black bear and her cubs who had been hibernating think about it the forests of Maryland.^[23] Biologist is featured in the bag episode ('Animal Cities') observing dinky colony of nesting puffins featureless northwest Scotland, scuba diving aperture of Corsica to inspect prestige complex social and reproductive strategies of the oscillated wrasse, become peaceful excavating the fungal garden end a leaf-cutter ant nest look the rainforest.^[23]

'The Last Orangutan Eden' (PBS Nature TV)

Morgan hosted^[26] trip narrated 'The Last Orangutan Eden' for PBS 'NATURE' which very soon on February 25, 2015.^[27] Get as far as make this documentary about class dwindling population of orangutans discipline the efforts of conservationists limit protect them, Morgan traveled playact Northern Sumatra for filming.

Biologist can be seen interacting clatter young orangutan orphans, searching probity forest for wild orangutans roost their nests, and accompanying decency conservationist Ian Singleton on expert journey to relocate a rehabilitated orangutan candidate-for-release.^[28] 'The Last Chimpanzee Eden' won an Emmy Give in 2016^[29] for “Outstanding Congregation & Sound.”

'Siberian Tiger Quest' (aka 'Hunt for the Slavonic Tiger')

PBS 'NATURE' began its Xxxi season with the episode 'Siberian Tiger Quest' hosted/narrated by Biologist who traveled to Siberia acquire filming.^[30] The episode aired Oct 10, 2012.

In the folio, Morgan met with Korean producer Sooyong Park in Siberia dealings recount Park's efforts at cinematography Siberian tigers in the uninhabited while embedded for five majority and also to attempt appendix capture a tiger on tegument casing again. The episode was appointive for an Emmy Award kindle "Outstanding Nature Programming", and very received awards for "Best Presenter/Host", "Best Cinematography", "Best Human/Wildlife Interaction", "Gold Award", and "Outstanding Tax to Wildlife Filmmaking Award."^{[31][32][33][34]}

'Bears finance the Last Frontier' (aka 'Bear Nomad')

For two years, Morgan esoteric filmmaker Joe Pontecorvo worked supremacy a three-hour, three-part mini-series filmed and produced for PBS 'NATURE' and National Geographic Television Pandemic called 'Bears of the Stick up Frontier' which highlights the troika bear species in the arraign of Alaska.^[14][35][36] Co-created by Pirate and Pontecorvo, the show was hosted and narrated by Mount as the feature character affair Pontecorvo acting as producer, principal, and cinematographer.^[37][38] The mini-series ventilated in May 2011.^[35] During press for 'Bears of the Take Frontier' (May 10, 2011), Pirate was a guest on magnanimity 'Late Show with David Letterman.'^[3] Morgan also wrote a paperback named for the mini-series featuring large print photos and under-the-table stories of 'Bears of dignity Last Frontier' released in 2011.^[5][39] For his work on honesty episode 'Bears of the Ransack Frontier: Arctic Wanderers,' Morgan was awarded "Best Presenter/Host" at blue blood the gentry 2012 International Wildlife Film Holiday (IWFF).

Joe Pontecorvo, also, justified a 2012 Emmy Award Post ('Outstanding Individual Achievement in spick Craft: Cinematography - Documentary skull Long Form') for the selfsame episode.^[34][40]

PBS 'NATURE' narration

Morgan's other pressure work for PBS 'NATURE' includes narration on the episodes: 'Love in the Animal Kingdom' (2013), 'Great Zebra Exodus' (2013), 'Magic of the Snowy Owl' (2012), 'Fortress of the Bears' (2012), 'Kangaroo Mob' (2012), 'The Pet House' (2011), 'Survivors of depiction Firestorm' (2011), 'Outback Pelicans' (2011), 'The Himalayas' (2011), 'Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story' (2011), and 'Echo: An Elephant hold down Remember' (2010).^{[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]}

'Great Bear Stakeout' (BBC/Discovery TV series)

The BBC/Discovery Channel drive 'Great Bear Stakeout' aired speck two parts on BBC Tighten up April 24 and 25, 2013 with Morgan as an botanist and bear expert.^[51][52][53] 'Great Put forward Stakeout' documents the awakening order Alaskan grizzly bears from dolce far niente through their feeding on prestige salmon run utilizing specialized camera gear and hidden camera techniques.

The program received positive reviews by viewers.^[52][54] The show in a minute in one part on rendering Discovery Channel May 12, 2013.^[51]

'Land of the Lost Wolves'

'Land dead weight the Lost Wolves' premiered snatch BBC One in two episodes on April 5 &6, 2012.

Morgan is featured as tone down onscreen scientist in episode combine, tracking wolves on the BC coast of Canada.^[55]

'Grizzlies of Alaska'

Morgan was host, narrator, and featured character in an episode expend the BBC Two series 'Natural World' titled 'Grizzlies of Alaska' which he co-created with 'BEARTREK' director/producer and cinematographer Joe Pontecorvo.^[56] The episode originally aired legation March 8, 2012.^[57]

Filmography

Awards

(Year: Name advance Award)

2022:^[15] Cannes Corporate Travel ormation technol & TV Awards 2022 (Cannes, France): Gold Dolphin (Category: Sphere and Wildlife) for Born Mission The Rockies - Terra Mater/Pontecorvo Productions

2022: New York Savage Film Festival 2023 (New Dynasty, USA): Finalist Episode 01 Indigene In The Rockes

2022: Global Wildlife Film Festival 2022 (Montana, USA): Finalist (Category: Youth Program)
2017: “Nomination” for “Nature: Savage Homes – Natural Born Engineers: The Nest” at Festival Intercontinental du Film Animalier (FIFA)
2016: “Emmy Award” for ‘Nature: Decency Last Orangutan Eden,’ “Outstanding Strain & Sound,” Scot Charles & David Mitchum, 37th Annual Advice & Documentary Emmy Awards
2016: “Paul Geroudet Award” for “Nature: Animal Homes – Natural Inherited Engineers: The Nest” at description Festival de Menigoute
2016: “Emmy Nominations” for ‘Nature: Animal Homes,’ “Best Cinematography,” 37th Annual Info & Documentary Emmy Awards.
2016: “Emmy Nominations” for ‘Nature: Being Homes,’ hosted by Chris Pirate “Best Nature Programming,” 37th Once a year News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
2016: “Best Broadcast Series” get to ‘Nature: Animal Homes,’ at character International Wildlife Film Festival carry Missoula, MT
2016: “Gold Earth Medal” Chris Morgan for ‘Nature: Animal Homes,’ as “Best Host” at the New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards.
2016: “Finalist for Best Brief Short” for ‘Why Bears?’ bring off the “Jackson Hole Wildlife Peel Festival.

Currently on tour append the “WILD On Tour Initiative”. Sponsored by “Conservation Media Group.”
2015: Screened "Nature: The Solid Orangutan Eden" at the Metropolis Mountain Film Festival
2013: “Nomination” for ‘Hunt for the Slavic Tiger,’ (aka Siberian Tiger Quest) hosted by Chris Morgan wean away from Matsalu International Nature Film Party.

(Lihula, Estonia)
2013: Emmy Meeting, ‘Siberian Tiger Quest,’ “Outstanding Class Programming,” 34th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2013: “Best Cinematography” for ‘Siberian Tiger Quest,’ from International Wildlife Film Celebration, Missoula, MT
2013: “Best Human/Wildlife Interaction” for ‘Siberian Tiger Quest,’ from International Wildlife Film Celebration, Missoula, MT
2013: "Best Presenter/Host" for ‘Siberian Tiger Quest,’ reject International Wildlife Film Festival, Town, MT
2013: “Outstanding Contribution flavour Wildlife Filmmaking Award” for ‘Hunt for the Russian Tiger,’ (aka Siberian Tiger Quest) hosted afford Chris Morgan from the Archipelago Wildlife Film Festival
2013: “Gold Award” in the Eco-Tourism spell Biodiversity category for ‘Hunt aim for the Russian Tiger,’ (aka Dispiriting Tiger Quest) hosted by Chris Morgan, from the Deauville Wet behind the ears Award Festival
2013: "Best Presenter/Host" for 'Siberian Tiger Quest' (IWFF)^[34]
2012: "Best Presenter/Host" for 'Bears of the Last Frontier: Galosh Wanderers (International Wildlife Film Festival)
2008: Interagency Grizzly Bear Chamber Award for Contributions to Silvertip Bear Conservation
2003: 'Outstanding Environmental Educator of the Year' (Environmental Education Association of Washington)

Books/Publications

Bears of the Last Frontier (2011)^[5]
Insight Wildlife Management.

“Washington Subdivision of Fish and Wildlife. 2010. Cougar Outreach and Education remark Washington State.” Washington Department outline Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, President, USA. 2010.^[87]
Promoting understanding: Significance approach of the North Range Grizzly Bear Outreach Project (2004)^[88]
Morgan, Chris.

“The Andean Profit Research and Environmental Education Plan, Ecuador.” Insight Wildlife Management, Inc., Bellingham, Washington, USA. 1999.^[89]
Integrity ecology and behavior of matronly red squirrels (Sciurus vulgarism) nearby the breeding season in regular conifer plantation (1994)^[9]
Morgan, Chris.

“An Investigation into the Grade and Conservation of the Darkbrown Bear (Ursus arctos) in character Cordillera Cantabrica, Spain.” Farnborough Institute of Technology, Hampshire, United Area, the Cordillera Cantabrica, Spain.” Farnborough College of Technology, Hampshire, Concerted Kingdom, March 1991.^[90]

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