With frequent bear sightings and encounters in Iwaki City, the local government is strengthening safety measures and efforts to prevent bears from entering residential areas.
The published article details a new initiative implemented as part of these countermeasures: a "river water DNA survey," the first of its kind in Fukushima Prefecture.
By utilizing the technology of our selectee, Fishpass, to analyze the "environmental DNA" of organisms in river water, it becomes possible to detect bear activity within the past 24 hours up to 1 kilometer upstream.
For full details on this groundbreaking survey planned for the Samegawa, Natsuigawa, and Niidagawa river systems, please read the original article.
▼ Featured Article in the Iwaki Minpo
Iwaki City to Lend Bear Bells to All Students for Bear Countermeasures; River Water DNA Survey to Track Intrusions
https://iwaki-minpo.co.jp/news/2026/06/313298/
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