grizzlies

The comment period just opened for the proposal to keep grizzlies in the Northern Rockies classified as “threatened” — with some tweaks to how they are managed.

Environmentalists are applauding the much-anticipated decision from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but there is a catch.

Grizzly advocates want the species to be treated as one “metapopulation” — rather than separate islands throughout the Northern Rockies.

More than 60 grizzlies have been struck by trains in Montana and Idaho over the last 15 years. Some say warning systems could help.

Calls for more protections for grizzlies on roads come after world-famous bear 399 was struck by a car in Wyoming.

The popular mama bear was hit by a car near Jackson, Wyoming. We hear from some of the people grieving the loss of the “Queen of the Tetons.”

At age 28, she was the oldest known reproducing female in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Photos of the popular mama bear and her cubs circulated around the world.

"Grizzly Confidential" explores how grizzly bears and humans can live together and decrease conflicts, especially in landscapes where their worlds are increasingly overlapping. Jackson-based author and firefighter paramedic Kevin Grange talks management strategies, endangered species status and what it actually looks like to "respect the bear."

The states recently relocated two bears in an effort to strengthen the Yellowstone population’s bloodlines. Experts say this move has a lot to do with politics and less to do with science.

Wyoming has slammed the delay, saying the state is ready now to assume management for the bears. But, according to conservation groups, the population hasn’t fully rebounded.