Ebook: Return of the grizzly: sharing the range with Yellowstone's top predator
Author: Urbigkit Cat
- Tags: Grizzly bear--Ecology, Grizzly bear--Ecology--Yellowstone National Park Region, Grizzly bear--Yellowstone National Park Region--Management, Human-animal relationships, Human-animal relationships--Yellowstone National Park Region, Wildlife depredation, Wildlife depredation--Yellowstone National Park Region, Wildlife recovery, Wildlife recovery--Yellowstone National Park Region, Grizzly bear -- Ecology -- Yellowstone National Park Region, Grizzly bear -- Yellowstone National Park Region -- Management, Wildli
- Year: 2019
- Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
- City: United States;Yellowstone National Park Region
- Language: English
- epub
The Yellowstone grizzly population has grown from an estimated 136 bears when first granted federal protection as a threatened species to as many as 1,000 grizzlies in a tri-state region today. No longer limited to remote wilderness areas, grizzlies now roam throughout the region—in state parks, school playgrounds, residential subdivisions, on farms and ranches, and in towns and cities throughout the region.
Return of the Grizzly tells the story of the successful effort to recover this large carnivore, the policy changes and disputes between bear managers and bear advocates, and for the first time, provides insight to what recovery means for the people who now live with grizzlies across a broad landscape. From cowboys on horseback chased by a charging grizzly, and grizzlies claiming game animals downed by human hunters, to the numerous self-defense killing of grizzlies that occur...