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Before Grizzly 399 became world-famous, Lander man survived her attack
In fact, when Van Denbos encountered her, Grizzly 399 was doing precisely what she would become so beloved for: raising cubs. All told, the sow gave birth to 18 known cubs over two decades in the ...
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After the Feds Kept Grizzlies on the Endangered Species List Last Month, State Leaders Try to Remove Them
Mountain West communities are split over the USFWS’ decision to manage isolated bear populations as one. But many agree that ...
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Grizzly bear expert: ‘We sometimes forget the remarkable conservation success story’
Amid consideration of a federal plan to keep grizzly bears on the endangered species list, we take a step back and look at ...
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Not Out of the Woods: Grizzly Bears Stay on Endangered List but Trouble Looms
In October, at 28 years old and with at least one yearling cub called Spirit — whom Mangelsen named — Grizzly 399 was also killed in a vehicle collision. Their deaths highlight the challenges ...
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Grizzly bear expert: ‘We sometimes forget the remarkable conservation success story’
The late Grizzly 399 with her cubs in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in Grand Teton National Park. After years of anticipation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently unveiled a plan for ...
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Fighting for Survival
For every member of Grizzly 399’s fan club there’s someone haunted by Night of ... And a third is “how many bears are needed for population resilience?” (The biological rates of cub births, ...