grizzly bears

Earlier this month, central Washington Representative Dan Newhouse, wrote a letter to the new head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, asking that grizzly bears not be reintroduced in the north Cascades ecosystem.

Last week, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game relocated an approximately four-year-old male grizzly bear outside of Island Park.

A U.S. District Court has stopped a logging project in northern Idaho that environmental groups claim could harm the Selkirk grizzly population habitat.  Estimates say roughly 50 grizzlies live in that portion of Idaho.  Mike Garrity head of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, a Montana-based conservation organization, which has been in litigation with the Forest Service over this issue for nearly

Last week, Idaho senators passed House Joint Memorial 4 which asks the federal government to remove the grizzly bear from the Endangered Species List.  The Memorial, which already cleared the House, says grizzly bears have reached recovery goals in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, and those elevated population numbers have led to conflicts between bears and both humans and other animals alike.     Fol

Idaho House Joint Memorial 4 was introduced earlier this month, asking the federal government to remove the grizzly bear from the Endangered Species List.  The Memorial said grizzly bears have reached recovery goals in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, and those elevated population numbers have led to conflicts between bears and both humans and other animals alike.   “...

The state of Idaho is looking at expanding who is eligible for depredation compensation.  The Idaho Farm Bureau’s Dex Lake said House Bill 82 aims to include livestock losses deemed “possible” wolf or grizzly bear depredations.   “Currently, I...

Ranchers and small communities will have to learn to co-exist with bears. But there's more to it than just grabbing a gun and praying for the best. Here's how Montana is making things work.

supporters say it will help the ecosystem, opponents say the bears will starve, or will eventually find way to livestock and wreak havoc.

Two federal agencies announced a decision Thursday to actively restore grizzly bears, although no reintroduction date or schedule was released.

Commissioners say a final Environmental Impact Statement on the project last month did not consider local concerns about the bears.