![]() ![]() November 2019: Scientists letter from Gainies, Lyons, Proctor et al.December 2019: The fear narrative: a barrier for grizzly bears.July 2020: Trump Administration terminates North Cascades grizzly recovery.July 2020: No action is not a recovery strategy for North Cascades grizzly bears.July 2020: Help us fight for North Cascades grizzlies.July 2020: Take action for grizzly bear recovery in the North Cascades.February 2021 update: Friends of the North Cascades Grizzly Bear Coalition letter to Congress.February 2022: Letter to Secretary Haaland, Director Sams, and Director Williams regarding grizzly recovery.March 2022: Chasing a Shadow: The Planned Revival of the North Cascades Grizzly Bear, Mount Baker Experience Magazine.November 2022: Feds again consider reintroducing grizzlies to North Cascades, The Seattle Times.November 2022: Federal government restarts effort to restore grizzly bears to Washington’s rugged North Cascades, The Spokesman-Review.November 2022: Grizzlies once thrived in these wilds.Read more from Joe in this joint Op-Ed in The Everett Herald. Without active recovery efforts, these bears may soon be gone forever.” – Joe Scott, International Conservation Director, Conservation Northwest. “Public planning to restore a healthy grizzly bear population to the high-quality habitat of the North Cascades Ecosystem marks the potential turning point in the decades-long decline of the last grizzly bears remaining on the U.S. Now is the time to restore a healthy grizzly bear population in the North Cascades. They play a vital role for the health of the environment and other wildlife species, figure prominently in regional Native American and First Nations’ cultures, and contribute to the richness of our natural heritage in the Pacific Northwest. Grizzly bears have been an important part of the North Cascades Ecosystem for thousands of years. A grizzly bear photographed in 2012 in the British Columbia portion of the North Cascades Ecosystem just a few miles north of the international border. ![]() ![]() Fish and Wildlife Service and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife began a new, multi-year Environmental Impact Statement planning process for restoring a healthy grizzly bear ( ursus arctos) population in Washington’s North Cascades Ecosystem. In 2014, the National Park Service, the U.S. Or read more about the long road to grizzly bear restoration in this 2019 blog from our Grizzly Bear Program Lead, Joe Scott: North Cascades grizzly bear restoration planning begins-again Grizzly bear restoration You can read testimonials in support of North Cascades grizzly bear restoration, check out answers to Frequently Asked Questions, view resources, editorials and resolutions of support, and much more on our website: ! Scroll down on this page for more background. We’ll also share bear-aware education opportunities, events and other grizzly bear news on our Facebook page and webpages. We’ll keep our followers and email subscribers updated should there be any changes. ![]()
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