Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

California Considers Grizzly Reintroduction Plan That Could Use Wyoming Bears
Cowboy State Daily ^ | 12 March 2026 | Mark Heinz

Posted on 03/16/2026 9:20:48 AM PDT by old school

"For decades, reintroducing grizzlies to California seemed unrealistic. Now, California lawmakers are considering a plan that could relocate Yellowstone grizzlies there. One skeptic says, "I don’t think it’s feasible. There’s 40 million people in California."

(Excerpt) Read more at cowboystatedaily.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bears; california; good; grizzly; reintroduction; wildlife
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-73 last
To: DPMD
Why do you think that was a serious proposal?

BTW, you just stepped off a cliff. :-)

61 posted on 03/16/2026 12:12:31 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 52 | View Replies]

To: old school

That’s all California needs!


62 posted on 03/16/2026 12:22:59 PM PDT by Savage Beast (When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the people are ready, the hero appears.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: old school

This is a great idea! Modern women prefer bears to men so this will surely be embraced enthusiastically!


63 posted on 03/16/2026 12:23:24 PM PDT by He'sComingBack!
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Renkluaf

Someone will be ahead of the game by 20 years and introduce Piranha to the lakes and ponds. Not a good idea, but someone will. Someone introduced Giant Hog Weed in our county. Very dangerous. The sap will scar and blind people. The flower heads are two feet across. I think they are all gone at this time.


64 posted on 03/16/2026 1:00:27 PM PDT by healy61
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: old school

I read an article a day or so ago (which, of course, I can’t find) talking about this. The author said it’s a kind of a land grab. Introduce Yellowstone Grizzlies, and, Oh Look! There aren’t many of them, so they are endangered. That will halt all growth and the Center for Diabolical Perversity will be very happy.


65 posted on 03/16/2026 1:23:46 PM PDT by FrogMom (Time marches on....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ansel12

“ hire experts to bring them back to restart the deadly struggle.”
I suggest starting with Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, and a large population to be released near San Francisco.
These areas provide a perfect location for reintroduction of the Grizzly bear. Plenty of food options.


66 posted on 03/16/2026 1:46:52 PM PDT by 9422WMR
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: wildcard_redneck

Just wait till after I’ve climbed Mt. Whitney. After that, I won’t give a crap, bears of any species can do it in the woods. {/Sarc.}


67 posted on 03/16/2026 2:51:32 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E porcibus unum)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: old school

How about reintroducing them to urban areas? They were there too before people moved in. /s.

It’s usually liberals voting these things in that they don’t suffer the consequences from.


68 posted on 03/16/2026 4:33:15 PM PDT by FreedomForce
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: blackpacific
Introducing GRIZZLIES to the Sierra Nevada is probably the dumbest idea I have heard in a long time.

Especially since most Grizzlies in California originally lived in the Central Valley. Shoulld make hiking the John Muir Trail quite interesting. I live near Mammoth, your grandfather had a cabin near the Tamarack Lodge?

69 posted on 03/16/2026 8:29:25 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: old school

Imagine grizzlies in Altadena, Calif. by Los Angeles.
So instead of a black bear under your house it is a grizzly.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-26/bear-has-been-under-altadena-home-for-month-trap-caught-wrong-one

Types of bears.
https://www.greenbelly.co/pages/types-of-bears


70 posted on 03/17/2026 9:39:37 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tommy Revolts

#48 CRUNCH!!!


71 posted on 03/17/2026 10:12:00 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: Inyo-Mono

Yes. His cabin was in the group of cabins on the first Twin Lake near the great waterfalls coming down from Lake Mamie. It was a shack, but it was a fun place to vacation. There was a trail that we would hike through the Tule Bushes to the waterfall. He had two row boats that he put on the lake every summer. One was a salvaged boat that he called Salvy, and the other boat was made from the wood of the Spruce Goose, it was light wood colored, he called it Putsy, and it was the “fastest” row boat on the lake.


72 posted on 03/19/2026 7:07:36 AM PDT by blackpacific
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 69 | View Replies]

To: blackpacific

Very interesting, now I know what cabins you were talking about, the Spruce Goose wood boat is amazing!


73 posted on 03/19/2026 9:07:54 AM PDT by Inyo-Mono
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 72 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-73 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson