Wyoming Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik on Thursday told a congressional committee that grizzly bear numbers were healthy enough in Wyoming and the Yellowstone region to be removed from the Endangered Species List in 2003, but have remained listed because of bureaucracy.
A grizzly that popped out in Yellowstone Park last week will probably be lonely for a while yet, as most bears are going to sleep for another month or so, a Wyoming wildlife biologist said.
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Although officials are optimistic over the chances of the grizzly bear actually becoming delisted this time, Wyoming outdoorsmen are skeptical. “It’s kind of like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football and Lucy keeps pulling it out from under him,” one outdoorsman said.
Efforts to delist grizzly bears took another step forward Thursday as U.S. Sens. Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso joined other Western senators in introducing a grizzly delisting bill to Congress.
Wildlife experts say don’t expect judicial review to block delisting of the grizzly bear this time. They say because the evidence is irrefutable that the grizzly has recovered in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, courts won’t be able to block it and delisting is likely to happen.
When grizzlies and wolves clash, the bears usually come out on top, even though wolves prevailed in one recent brawl in Yellowstone National Park.
Three Montana grizzly bears sickened by bird flu had to be killed because they were suffering neurological damage from the virus. This is the first time the virus has been reported in grizzlies.
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A man who survived being shot, impaled, and hit by a moving truck all while wearing a 150-pound grizzly-proof suit — which he invented — never lived to see it take off. Unfortunately, he blew up.
Federal wildlife authorities are pushing for the reintroduction of grizzlies into the state of Washington. It could work, Wyoming outdoorsmen say, if the state is prepared — and empowered — to manage the bears.
A retired Chicago tax attorney-turned environmental activist is taking a new strategy to opposing state management of wolves and grizzlies in Wyoming and other Mountain West states – fire the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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It’s a question that has swirled for decades among outdoors enthusiasts – in grizzly country, are you better off with bear spray or a firearm?
The Wyoming Game and Fish department say grizzly bears haven’t made it to the Bighorn Mountains yet, despite greatly expanding their range over the last few decades. Others aren’t that sure…
Because grizzly attacks have apparently become just too run of the mill lately, someone decided to spice things up by releasing an alligator in the Rocky Mountain West.
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Western officials are making another attempt to get Wyoming’s grizzly bears removed from the endangered species list, an advocate for delisting said, but the Humane Society wants the bears to remain federally protected.
Grizzlies are becoming more and more aggressive, some outdoorsmen say, because they’ve been conditioned to know they don’t have to be cautious about anything.
Teeth-cleaning isn’t an option to possibly prolong the life of Teton Park’s famed Grizzly 399, which at about 26 years old is particularly old for a bear, a biologist says.
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Wyoming hunters are taking to the field just as grizzly bears are trying to fatten up for hibernation; a recipe for conflict.
Unlike last year when a day wouldn’t pass without a sighting of Grizzly 399 and her cubs, this year it’s different. The famous bear hasn’t been spotted in over a month. Wildlife advocates think she has “eloped” with her new boyfriend.
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A grizzly bear was relocated from the Cody area to Yellowstone National Park over the weekend after it was caught eating pig slop adjacent to a trash can, a Wyoming Game and Fish official told Cowboy State Daily on Monday.
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One of famed grizzly bear 399’s four youngest offspring was killed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department on Tuesday after showing no reaction to hazing and showing “dangerous behavior.” The sub-adult male was two years old.
A young male grizzly bear was relocated on Friday after it was caught preying on a cow calf in Cody, officials with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department said on Monday.
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On Thursday, two wildlife groups filed an appeal of a U.S. District Court ruling that authorized the killing of up to 72 grizzlies to accommodate livestock grazing in Bridger-Teton National Forest, near Yellowstone.
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Wildlife photographer Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven observed Grizzly 399 and her boyfriend Bruno last week for more than four hours. She is still an imposing bear but her teeth show her age.
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A male grizzly bear has likely killed the three cubs of popular female grizzly Blondie in Grand Teton National Park, park officials said.
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A 3-year-old grizzly bear was killed over the weekend after its mother and another bear attacked it in Yellowstone National Park. The National Park Service euthanized the bear shortly after.
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One of famed grizzly bear 399’s cubs was hazed away from a Jackson residential area last week, just days after the bear family split up for good.
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The days of Grizzly 399 and her four cubs being a unit are over. One cub has completely separated and the other three are in the process of being involuntarily separated.
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A Wyoming man enjoying a hike in Yellowstone on Tuesday came upon a grizzly less than 30 yards away. The Game and Fish Dept said because he didn’t try to feed it, pet it, or put a saddle on it, he didn’t get mauled.
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A group of cyclists found themselves trapped with a grizzly when heading back down a mountainous road in Montana on Sunday.
Famed grizzly bear 399 and her four cubs have left the confines of Grand Teton National Park and are heading south, likely the last time they will do so as a family pack.
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The first grizzly bear sighting at Grand Teton National Park occurred last week, as many male grizzlies begin to emerge from hibernation across the country.
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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has received criticism from a wildlife organization for killing 30 grizzly bears in 2021.
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The first sighting of a grizzly in Yellowstone National Park was spotted on Monday by a pilot in the west-central portion of the park.
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Grizzly 399 will likely kick her four cubs out of the den this spring, since they are now 2.
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Conservation organizations had a mixed response to Gov. Mark Gordon’s petitioning to remove Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears from the endangered species list.
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Gov. Mark Gordon on Tuesday officially petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the endangered species list.
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After being escorted out of Jackson last month, grizzly 399 and her four cubs are likely back in their den for their hibernation period, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed to Cowboy State Daily on Monday.
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n 2018, a record 32 grizzly bears were euthanized in Wyoming in management decisions by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That record could be challenged this year.
The grizzly bear population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has never been larger than it is now.
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Grizzly bear 399 and her four cubs received a police escort out of Jackson this week, town officials announced Wednesday.
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A four-year-old female grizzly bear was killed on Saturday by Grand Teton National Park officials after becoming highly conditioned to food rewards, officials announced this week.
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An Illinois woman who was caught on video getting too close to grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park earlier this year received four days in jail as punishment this week.
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A sow grizzly is dead after charging two hunters in the Caribou Targhee National Forest.
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Record traffic and an increased presence of bears on the highway between Cody and Yellowstone National Park are being blamed for the deaths of two bears
Motorists have killed at least two bears in the past week on the road to Yellowstone.
Tourists went berserk on Wednesday after celebrity grizzly 399 and her four cubs crossed a traffic-jammed highway in Grand Teton National Park.
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It’s been a tough year for grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. As of Wednesday, 27 individuals had been euthanized due to conflicts with humans, killed by other bears, hit by cars or drowned in canals so far in 2021.
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A full-on search continued on Wednesday for a grizzly bear who dragged a 65-year-old woman out of her tent and killed her in the middle of the night in Montana.
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Felicia and her grizzly cubs will live another day as the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service said hazing efforts have been successful.
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A young adult male grizzly bear had to be relocated within Grand Teton National Park this week due to it receiving food rewards in two incidents earlier this month.
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A black bear which was pursued by a much larger and faster grizzly bear was able to escape by using its “powerful exit strategy” — climbing.
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As a result of continued harassment by wildlife viewers creating unsafe conditions on Togwotee Pass in Wyoming, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to conduct targeted hazing operations on grizzly bear 863.
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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reminding people that no matter how tough they might think they are, a grizzly bear is tougher.
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A man was injured Friday morning by a bear while hiking through Yellowstone National Park, according to park officials.
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This is the farthest south grizzly bears have been verified since well before recovery efforts began in the 1970s
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A woman described as “heavyset” and in her mid-30s is under investigation for approaching grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park.
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What started as a handful of people occasionally watching a grizzly has now turned into large crowds of people getting out of their illegally parked vehicles, creating a serious safety issue along this busy highway.
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Education is the top priority in Wyoming’s $55 million, decades-long battle to recover and conserve grizzly bears.
Lummis, who sponsored grizzly delisting legislation earlier this year, told the Biden nominee it was time to shift management of the bear to the states.
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It might be still winter-like in some parts of Wyoming, but summer is officially here in Yellowstone National Park, as a person has already had a bad grizzly bear encounter.
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Nearly a month after their last sighting, Wyoming’s most famous grizzly bear family was spotted again over the weekend.
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A $40,000 reward has been offered in connection with the killing of a female grizzly bear in Idaho in an area about 10 miles west of Yellowstone National Park.
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A 40-year-old backcountry guide from West Yellowstone died on Saturday following a grizzly bear attack two days earlier.
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The past 12 months have been tough for Dusty Lasseter. The COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of his efforts at a critical time in the grizzly bear education business.
Grizzly 399, the most celebrated bear in the world, and her four cubs have emerged from hibernation.
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While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended grizzly bears stay on the threatened wildlife list for at least five more years, Wyoming officials have been quick to disagree with this.
A congressional proposal to remove grizzly bears from the endangered species list would benefit the bears and humans, according to hunters and the state Game and Fish Department.
U.S. Sens. Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso have joined U.S. senators from Idaho and Montana to introduce legislation to delist grizzly bears from the endangered species list.
On Saturday, a pilot supporting park wildlife studies saw a grizzly from the air. The pilot saw the bear interact with wolves at a carcass in the northern part of the park.
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney recently reintroduced a bill to Congress that would delist grizzly bears from being considered as threatened or endangered wildlife.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured 26 grizzly bears and euthanized 18 of them throughout 2020.
At 34, the male grizzly was one of four that Wyoming Game and Fish biologists have found to live more than three decades. Usually, females tend to live longer.
Grizzly 399 and her four cubs are likely back in their den after being spotted on New Year’s Day, a Wyoming Game and Fish spokesman said Tuesday.
Grizzly 399 and her four cubs are reportedly looking healthy and finding plenty of food.
Although the most famous grizzly in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and her four cubs were recently seen farther south than they’d ever ventured, Grizzly 399 and her babies are now back in the Grand Teton National Park area.
The U.S. Department of Interior recently showed off an image of the 24-year-old mama bear and her four cubs, noting they were the best example of how to hike in bear country.
Although it may not be as pivotal as a Covid-19 vaccine, if you were wondering when facial recognition software for grizzly bears might be developed, you’re in luck.
For the second day in a row, the grizzly bear is fighting off annoying neighbors who are trying to mooch his bull elk.
The captures are part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Two grizzlies fought over an elk carcass like Walmart shoppers battling over a TV on Black Friday.
Grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park areas have recovered and should be removed from the endangered species list, U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi said this week.
Grizzly bear capture operations have been extended from Aug. 28 to Oct. 23, the National Park Service announced Monday.
A scientific study released earlier this week says humans can out-eat grizzly bears in hot dog-eating contests.
