Grizzly Bears

THE FACTS:

• The Oregon Zoo no longer has grizzly bears. Learn all the grizzly facts you need to know from the Grizzly Bear Outreach Project.
  

THE PROBLEM:

• Before Europeans arrived, grizzly bears roamed across most of the western US, ranging as far south as Mexico. Today, grizzlies live in less than 2% of their former range within the lower 48 states and number around 1,100 bears (less than 2% of their original population). The remaining bears live in small pockets including the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, and the North Cascades. It is estimated that only 5-20 bears currently live in the North Cascades. To find out more about the North Cascades grizzly recovery efforts, check out Conservation Northwest.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

• Check out Conservation Northwest’s “To Do List for Grizzly Bears”
  
  
• Other Resources on Grizzly Bears in the North Cascades:
  
  http://www.conservationnw.org/wildlife-habitat/why-we-need-grizzly-bears/
  
  http://www.natural-resources.wsu.edu/research/bear-center/index.html
  
  http://www.zoo.org/bearcam/cam.html
  
  http://www.zoo.org/conservation/grizzly.html
  
  http://www.igbconline.org/html/ncascades.html
  

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