The federal government plans to restore grizzly bears to an area of northwest and north-central Washington.
JSO officer recovering from spinal injury says he ‘didn’t think I’d get this far’ after he walks out of rehabFILE - A grizzly bear roams an exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo on May 26, 2020, in Seattle. Plans announced this week by the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service call for the release of three to seven bears a year for five to 10 years to achieve an initial population of 25.
There has been no confirmed evidence of a grizzly within the North Cascades Ecosystem in the U.S. since 1996, according to the agencies. The greater North Cascades Ecosystem extends into Canada but the plan focuses on the U.S. side. Fragmented habitat due to rivers, highways and human influences make it unlikely that grizzlies would repopulate the region naturally.
The federal agencies plan to designate the bears as a “nonessential experimental population” to provide “greater management flexibility should conflict situations arise.” That means some rules under the Endangered Species Act could be relaxed and allow people to harm or kill bears in self-defense or for agencies to relocate bears involved in conflict. Landowners could call on the federal government to remove bears if they posed a threat to livestock.
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