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.

Grizzly bear population has grown, so have conflicts, News

Conservation of Grizzlies and Looking Towards the Future, by Defenders of Wildlife, Wild Without End

Grizzlies Are Increasing in Numbers. Learning to Live With Them. - The New York Times

U.S. to study bringing back endangered grizzly bears in Washington state - The Washington Post

Trump Administration terminates North Cascades grizzly recovery

Grizzly Bear Reintroduction Plans Eyed for Northern Cascades

Bear necessity? Plan would reintroduce grizzlies to Cascades, Local

Grizzly delisting moves forward

Got Bears? Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders: A Day in the Life - Monitoring for Bears in the Bitterroot

Bear Awareness and Electric Fencing Workshop with Defenders of Wildlife

What Washington Can Learn From Montana's Grizzlies - OPB

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

Can Washington State Save the Fewer Than 10 Grizzly Bears It Has Left? - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism