ISLAND PARK – As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the distribution of grizzly bears in the Yellowstone Ecosystem, the Idaho Department of Fish & Game (IDFG) is working to inform the public that pre-baiting and scientific trapping operations are once again beginning in the Upper Snake Region.
Read more “Grizzly Bear Monitoring in Western Centennial Mountains Begins for 2016”
Why Use a Refill Device for Practice Bear Spray Canisters? Practice Makes Perfect!
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MISSOULA – The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC), the multi-agency committee responsible for coordinating the recovery of grizzly bears in the continental United States and adjacent Canadian Provinces will be taking their annual summer meeting to the North Idaho.
Read more “Grizzly Bear Recovery Leadership Meets June 21 -23”
Yellowstone National Park wants to increase the number of people carrying bear spray through a new engaging, celebrity-filled campaign called “A Bear Doesn’t Care.”
Read more “Yellowstone National Park wants you to carry bear spray”
ISLAND PARK – On the evening of May 5th, a father and son from California were hunting for black bear in Idaho near the Continental Divide above Henrys Lake. The fifteen-year-old son mistakenly shot and killed a nine-year-old male grizzly bear.
Read more “Non-Resident Bear Hunters Mistakenly Kill Grizzly Bear”
For grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, connecting to larger populations of bears in the West is key to long-term survival.
Read more “Coexisting with Grizzly Bears Near Red Rocks Lakes NWR”
Innovative program covers Greater Yellowstone area and Glacier National Park
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,
Read more “Private Landowners: the Electric Fence Incentive Program is Ready for Spring 2016”
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Delisting Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Due To Recovery
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, National Parks Conservation Association, Woodland Park Zoo, Vital Ground, Hauser Bears, BEARTREK, Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission and the Russ-Dobbs Family Trust.
