1 day ago · BANFF – The Boss is back. The first sighting of grizzly bear No. 122, a.k.a., The Boss, was on Monday afternoon (April 7) – the latest recording of the patriarch of Bow Valley grizzly bears being out of the den in more than a decade. A remote camera image of the famed bruin, believed to be in his mid-20s, shows him looking healthy.

Nov 1, 2024 · Grizzly bears are returning to their historic home ranges in the Yellowstone to Yukon region, giving hope for their long-term survival.

May 1, 2024 · Grizzly bears will roam Washington state once again after federal authorities decided in April that the animals will be restored to the North Cascades ecosystem.

May 14, 2024 · But in the fall of 2023 federal agencies had released a plan to reintroduce grizzly bears to the U.S. portion of the North Cascades Ecosystem—a mountainous region roughly the size of...

Jan 8, 2025 · Fifty years after the federal government added Yellowstone grizzlies to the endangered species list, the bears have returned from the brink of extinction – but their survival is still precarious. In 2024, we saw more grizzlies killed by …

Jan 8, 2025 · In a long-awaited decision issued Wednesday, the federal government denied petitions from Montana and Wyoming to delist grizzly bears, announcing that grizzlies are still threatened in the Lower 48 and will retain federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.

Jan 21, 2025 · Grizzly 399 and her four cubs wandering around downtown Jackson Hole, WY, in November 2021. Photo credit: CBS News. Others emphasize the necessity of a deeper appreciation of the grizzly bear’s value to ecosystems and economies. As a keystone species, grizzlies have a disproportionately beneficial impact on the biodiversity of their habitat.

The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies [4] of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis), other morphological forms of brown bear in North America are sometimes identified as grizzly bears.

May 21, 2024 · Among the jagged peaks of the North Cascades, lush alpine meadows rich with berries and wildflowers blanket valleys carved by glaciers, some threaded with trickling creeks. But these idyllic landscapes are missing one big thing that had helped sustain them over the millennia: grizzly bears.

In April, 2024, the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that they will reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades of Washington! This momentous decision means that grizzlies will soon resume their vital role as ecological engineers and cultural icons, making the wild North Cascades Ecosystem even wilder.