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Randito
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Worthington
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I would love to hear a biologist explain why Grizzlies, if WA's Cascades are theoretically good habitat, have not similarly expanded south and west into this range in the 50 yrs they have been a protected species.
Wolves are obviously doing it without ever having reintroduction efforts in the cascades.
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Randito
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| Worthington wrote: | | I would love to hear a biologist explain why Grizzlies, if WA's Cascades are theoretically good habitat, have not similarly expanded south and west into this range in the 50 yrs they have been a protected species.
Wolves are obviously doing it without ever having reintroduction efforts in the cascades. |
To what end? Are you even open to learning from a knowledgeable biologist? Or do you believe you have superior knowledge and experience to someone with a PHD in wildlife studies and years of professional field experience?
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Worthington
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I'm open to learning from anyone, even a forum member without a PhD, as long as they point me closer towards understanding the truth.
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Bootpathguy
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| Randito wrote: | | Worthington wrote: | | I would love to hear a biologist explain why Grizzlies, if WA's Cascades are theoretically good habitat, have not similarly expanded south and west into this range in the 50 yrs they have been a protected species.
Wolves are obviously doing it without ever having reintroduction efforts in the cascades. |
To what end? Are you even open to learning from a knowledgeable biologist? Or do you believe you have superior knowledge and experience to someone with a PHD in wildlife studies and years of professional field experience? |
Why such a hostile response? I think it's a reasonable question.
Why are wolves expanding so successfully and Grizzlies not? Habitat is supposed to be ideal for both species.
I'd love to know the answer to this also
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Randito
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I'm not surprised that the Grizz population in the north Cascades of Washington isn't rebounding, after all the grizz population of the north Cascades in British Columbia is only six bears and those are considered critically endangered.
https://www.coasttocascades.org/populations
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Chief Joseph
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They do that here in Idaho as well, they are paying a 2k bounty for wolves and allow trapping on private land.
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altasnob
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Grizzlies have thrived around Yellowstone, which shows, like wolves, once they populate an area with appropriate habitat their population will increase. But at Randy points out, they haven't populated Washington Cascades because there are so few bears just north of the border. From the National Park Service:
"The estimated Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear population increased from 136 in 1975 to a peak of 1,063 (estimated) in 2021"
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cdestroyer
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both wolves and cougars are hunted here in montana and occasionally bison.
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Bootpathguy
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1| altasnob wrote: | | "The estimated Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear population increased from 136 in 1975 to a peak of 1,063 (estimated) in 2021" |
I was reading about this the other day & I'm going off memory
1800-2000 in Montana
600 in Wyoming
35-40 in Idaho
In Montana, why just shy of a 100% increase in a year+?
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cdestroyer
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a bit much I would say, just how many bison do the indigenous people need?
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| cdestroyer wrote: | | a bit much I would say, just how many bison do the indigenous people need? |
Just how many cows do white people need? A bit too much I would say.
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