Tag: grizzly bear

October 11, 2022

WSB: Furbearer traps can sever grizzly toes

When Clayton Lamb was trapping grizzly bears for a research project to understand bear survival and movement in southeast British Columbia, he noticed that some bears were missing their toes....

May 25, 2022

Q&A: Conserving bear culture

For decades, wildlife managers have worked widely with different bear species, from controlling problem bears in campsites, to conserving imperiled species like polar bears. This work has evolved greatly. For...

September 21, 2021

Mountain goat gores grizzly to death in British Columbia

In a surprising twist, a hiker has discovered evidence of a mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) goring a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) to death in Yoho National Park in British...

April 20, 2021

Grizzlies use the same Yellowstone trails as people

Grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park prefer to save energy by traveling on flatter paths — the same places park visitors like to hike. Researchers wanted to find out more...

September 17, 2020

Senate Committee considers delisting grizzlies

Under legislation considered last week by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the Department of the Interior would be required to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly...

December 19, 2019

U.S. Fish and Wildlife to review grizzly bear status

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Center for Biological Diversity have reached an agreement last week to review the status of grizzly bears under the Endangered Species Act. The...

August 7, 2019

Court decision puts grizzly bears back on ESA list

Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Greater Yellowstone Area are formally back on the Endangered Species Act list after a court order was issued in September 2018. The U.S. Fish...

May 21, 2019

House committee considers grizzly take legislation

The House Natural Resources committee is considering an act that would prohibit grizzly bear hunting or other take of grizzlies in the contiguous United States where they aren’t already listed...

January 2, 2019

More legal challenges over gray wolves, grizzly bears

Over the past several years, gray wolves (Canis lupus) have been the subject of several efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the species under the Endangered...

May 23, 2018

Idaho will issue a single grizzly tag this fall

A limited grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) hunt near Yellowstone National Park was recently approved by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission. The state will provide one randomly-selected Idaho resident...