Grizzly Bear Defenders of Wildlife

Grizzly bears were once numerous, ranging across North America from California to the Great Plains, and from Mexico all the way up into Alaska. As with many species, westward expansion, human transformation of the landscape, and fear led to near-eradication of grizzly bears in the continental United States. When the grizzly bear was listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1975, the grizzly bear population in the lower 48 states was down to less than 1000 bears. Grizzly bears still occupy less than 2% of their former range in the lower 48, in 5 of 6 grizzly bear recovery areas.

Got Bears? Keeping grizzlies alive and people safe in the Rockies

US Fish and Wildlife Service Begins Status Review of Grizzly Bears - Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance

Defenders: A Day in the Life - Surveying for Bears in Montana

Wildlife Advocates Applaud Restart of Process to Potentially Return Grizzly Bears to North Cascades - Conservation Northwest

Bear necessity? Plan would reintroduce grizzlies to Cascades, Local

Wildlife Advocates Applaud Restart of Process to Return Grizzly Bears to North Cascades · National Parks Conservation Association

Defenders of Wildlife U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

About - Friends of the North Cascades Grizzly Bear

Defenders of Wildlife offers electric fence incentive in Southeast Alaska – Sitka Local Foods Network

On grizzlies, Washington can learn from Montana

The Grizzly Cost of Coexistence, Part Two

Committee discusses bill on grizzly bear management framework