NPR article on grizzly recovery

[Desk Jockey]

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/02/6885...frustration-builds-over-continued-protections

Good read. More balanced than I might have expected coming from NPR

 

[MTguy0341]

It's a good read and information, thanks for posting

 

[Beendare]

Yeah, I thought that was a pretty good article- thx for posting DJ.

A couple interesting comments in there;

That the Endangered Species act is to bring back viable populations of these bears- THEN they are to be managed...and that hasn't happened.

the frustration of state wildlife folks having to check with the Feds before they can do anything

That there were 51 bears killed last year due to run ins with people/ranchers...thats a significant number I had not heard before

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[dtrkyman]

That’s what most of these anti clowns never get and even hunters, bears will be killed regardless!


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[elkguide]

Better article than I expected from NPR.

Now if they could only convince their listeners as a whole to let the biologists do their job.

 

[204guy]

Pretty good article source considered. It's to bad it didn't go into detail about why congress had to bypass the ESA with wolves, and how much $ the litigators make abusing the ESA.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Yeah, I thought that was a pretty good article- thx for posting DJ.

A couple interesting comments in there;

That there were 51 bears killed last year due to run ins with people/ranchers...thats a significant number I had not heard before

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I can understand why management agencies are quiet about this type of nuisance killing and culling as well but I think it distorts perceptions.

An anti hunter friend that lives near valley forge PA, where they have an aggressive deer cull, saw a deer with a mangled lower jaw that sounded like a gun shot wound. She thought it was some hunter taking a bad shot and was surprised when I suggested it was probably from a cull shooter hired by the park service. There are no areas that permit hunting where she saw it and cull shooters favor brain pain or neck shots vs hunters that would opt for center lung.

 

[AKBC]

Interesting article, thanks for posting.

I did notice an error; there is a statement that grizzlies inhabit only 2% of their historic range but that isn't true. The Grizzly Bear Territory map clearly shows that the current Alaska and Canada range is much more than 2% of the historic range. It appears the article intended to refer to the contiguous US range.

 

[jerryb25]

Good article, thanks for posting the link.

 

[Wiscohunter]

Thanks for posting