When Brian Boitano was in the Alps
Fighting grizzly bears
He used his magical fire breath
And saved the maidens fair
Posted on 12/08/2023 4:38:24 AM PST by marktwain
The grizzly bear population in the lower 48 states of the United States is the deadliest population of bears in the world. From 1975 to 2023, a population of under 2,000 grizzly bears has killed more people than all the grizzly/brown bears in Alaska.
The current population of grizzly bears in the lower 48 states has grown to about 2,000 bears from the low of about 700 to 800 bears estimated in 1975. If the population has grown at a constant rate over the last 48 years, the rate of growth would be about 2%, and the average population over the 48 years would be about 1300 bears. Grizzly bears were declared a threatened species in 1975 under the Endangered Species Act.
In 1975, grizzly bears in the lower 48 were listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The listing required recovering the species to a self-sustaining population, and it became illegal to kill, harass or harm grizzlies except in self defense.
Legal hunting of grizzly bears ended in the lower 48 states in 1975. The bears are concentrated in three states, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, with three or four dozen divided between Idaho and Washington State in the Selkirk ecosystem, which extends into Canada. Northwest Montana had a very limited season on grizzly bears until 1991 when a federal judge stopped the hunt.
The other population of grizzly/brown bears in the United States is in Alaska. The population of grizzly/brown bears in Alaska has remained stable from 1975 to the present.
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Bears in Alaska tend to be where the people are.
Bears in the lower 48 tend to be where the people are not.
I have been hiking twice in Glacier National Park in the past three years. I have seen grizzlies up close on both occasions, not by choice. They tended to ignore us although none were females with cubs.
That’s about right.
Zappa:
The two most plentiful things in the universe are Hydrogen and Stupidity.
Our hogs love the taste of grizz meat.
Just keep them out of GA. 😉
Ever wonder why the California Grizzly Bear is extinct? Spanish killed them all when they built the Missions, Americans finished the Job—last one shot in 1924. Only Grizzly bear in California is on the state flag.
Need more grizzly bear rugs
Is this a coded article? Matches statistics for a certain group of which 4% cause about 60-80% of violent crime.
I hear that they prefer the taste of libs.
/s
Of course, if that was true they’d be calling for grizzly genocide due to their ‘extremism’.
/s/s
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