Latest Grizzly Bear News

January 23, 2006 -- Bear killing increases but protection decreases

Illegal killing of grizzlies seems to be increasing in the Northern Rockies even as Interior Secretary Gale Norton announces plans to take Yellowstone’s bears off the endangered species list

December 12, 2005 -- Heard around the West

The Lost People of Mountain Village; big-game tax-deduction scam; pigs and developers; coping with the medfly; grizzlies vs. highways in Canada

October 17, 2005 -- Handling grizzlies: How much is enough?

Increasing numbers of the West’s grizzly bears wear radio collars, and some environmentalists question the necessity of the practice

September 19, 2005 -- Yellowstone's Grizzlies A success story

The National Wildlife Federation believes that the federal government’s proposal to remove Yellowstone’s grizzlies from the endangered species list represents a tremendous achievement

August 22, 2005 -- Yellowstone grizzlies are a success story

The writer, who is from the National Wildlife Federation, says Yellowstone grizzlies are a success story: The Endangered Species Act worked and is no longer needed

August 22, 2005 -- Yellowstone grizzlies aren’t out of the woods yet

The writer, from Earthjustice, says delisting grizzlies now would be premature and a mistake

January 3, 2005 -- Bears in the backyard, oh my

The writer says too many grizzlies died last year

July 5, 2004 -- Backpacker beware: don't boldly go where you don't belong

The writer takes Backpacker magazine to task for telling tourists how to boldly go where only grizzlies might have gone before

May 24, 2004 -- The grizzly's in the house — or at least, the yard

Doug Chadwick’s new book, True Grizz: Glimpses of Fernie, Stahr, Easy, Dakota and Other Real Bears in the Modern World, clears away rip-snorting tales to introduce people to actual grizzlies

March 15, 2004 -- Can grizzly bears and homeowners get along

The writer profiles a wildlife biologist who tries to keep grizzlies and people apart in the Yellowstone area

January 24, 2004 -- A bear book that tames the fear factor

In Great Wyoming Bear Stories, Tom Reed takes a compassionate and entertaining look at the life, lore and legend of the grizzly bear

December 8, 2003 -- Heard around the West

Circumcised elk; grizzly bear highway deaths; recycling fraud in California; money talks at Copper Mountain; newspaper bloopers; crime waves in Cortez, Colo

October 13, 2003 -- A grizzly attack that was bound to happen

Mark Matthews points out that Alaska grizzlies deserve our respect -- and our distance

September 15, 2003 -- Yellowstone’s grizzly stalker

Grizzlies in the Mist by Chuck Neal is an idiosyncratic look at the great bears of Yellowstone, combining scientific background and personal anecdotes with a strong conservation message

January 20, 2003 -- Living with Grizzlies (Vol. 4, No. 27)

After 25 years in intensive care, grizzly bears are making a comeback. But some say it’s too soon to call bear recovery a success story. On this Radio High Country News, the wild and woolly world of living with grizzlies.

April 29, 2002 -- Griz ordered to get scarce

Several communities surrounding Yellowstone National Park have passed regulations banning grizzlies, wolves and other "unacceptable species," even though the laws are unenforceable.

February 18, 2002 -- Buyout for bears

Defenders of Wildlife and the Wyoming Wilderness Society are paying an Idaho sheep rancher to move to a different grazing allotment, so that grizzly bears can safely live on the original allotment.

December 31, 2001 -- Protecting wildlife in the West: What we've lost, what we've learned (Vol. 3, No. 24)

Lewis and Clark saw herds of 10,000 bison and scores of grizzly bears and wolves in the early 1800s. Many of these species have all but vanished. The history and future of biodiversity in the region, revisiting some recent interviews on Western wildlife.

November 19, 2001 -- 'Scholarship, sainthood and simplicity'

Frank C. Craighead Jr. is remembered as a famous grizzly bear authority, an environmentalist and a writer who lived consistently with his principles.

September 24, 2001 -- In the house of the grizzly

A hunter's close encounter with grizzlies in Wyoming breeds respect for the great bear that is the true lord of the forest.

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