A properly installed and maintained electric fence can keep grizzly and black bears from destroying your property as well as prevent individual bears from become “problem” bears, It is important to recovering grizzly populations to prevent bears from becoming problems that need to be removed to protect people’s property. For the sixth year, the Defenders […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Delisting Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Due To Recovery LAKEWOOD, Colo. – In response to the successful recovery of one of the nation’s most iconic animals, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today proposed to remove the grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from the Federal Lists of Endangered […]
Wanted: Grizzly Bears? from ChrisMorganWildlife on Vimeo. Ecologist and Filmmaker Chris Morgan produced and narrated this 8-minute video that explains the current status of the North Cascades Recovery Ecosystem grizzly population. The film features interviews with many people visiting or residing in the North Cascades area. “Wanted: Grizzly Bears?” was funded by Washington’s National Park Fund, […]
By IGBC Executive Committee Updated on January 18, 2016: On January 6, an interagency Board of Review released their report, ““Fatality of Mr. Lance Crosby from a bear attack on Elephant Back Mountain in Yellowstone National Park on August 6, 2015″” and their recommendations, “Recommendations of the Board of Review, based on the investigation of the […]
Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center and Patti Sowka recognized for bear-resistant product work MISSOULA At their recent winter meeting in Missoula, the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC) met to discuss grizzly bear population recovery. At the meeting, committee members took time to recognize two of their valuable partners who have been helping to reduce human/bear […]
Public Comment Report Available for North Cascades Ecosystem Grizzly Bear Restoration Process Published on June 12, 2015, by IGBC Executive Committee Sedro Woolley, Wash. – The National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have released the report analyzing public comments received during the first phase of an environmental impact statement (EIS) […]