Grizzly Bears

The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) and northwest Montana are the only areas south of Canada that still have large grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) populations. Loss of habitat and human-caused mortality led to the 1975 listing of the grizzly bear as threatened in the lower 48 states under the Endangered Species Act. In 2007, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the GYE grizzly bear population segment had recovered sufficient numbers and distribution to be removed from the threatened list. However, the potential for conflicts when the need or opportunity arises for a grizzly bear to obtain human food in its range of hundreds of square miles will make the presence of a viable grizzly population in Greater Yellowstone a continuing challenge for its human neighbors.
 
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Updated 6/12/08