grizzly-death-count-rises-as-yellowstone-population-grows

Grizzly death count rises as Yellowstone population grows

Published December 30, 2015
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FILE - This July 6, 2011 file photo shows a grizzly bear roaming near
Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Biologists counted more
grizzly bear deaths in or removals from the Yellowstone region in 2015
than any year in recent memory but arenÂ't worried about the speciesÂ'
long-term survival in the area. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart, File)

FILE - This July 6, 2011 file photo shows a grizzly bear roaming near
Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Biologists counted more
grizzly bear deaths in or removals from the Yellowstone region in 2015
than any year in recent memory but arenÂ't worried about the speciesÂ'
long-term survival in the area. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart, File)

CHEYENNE, Wyo. â€" The number of grizzly bear deaths or removals in the
Yellowstone region climbed to an all-time high in 2015, but biologists
say they're not worried about the animal's long-term survival in the
area.

The known or suspected deaths of 55 bears shouldn't interfere with
plans to remove the region's grizzlies from protection under the
Endangered Species Act, Frank van Manen, leader of the Interagency
Grizzly Bear Study Team, said Wednesday.

"This year should be considered within the context of what we've seen
in terms of the long-term trend," van Manen said.

The team of state and federal scientists and biologists estimates more
than 700 grizzlies live in the Yellowstone region spanning parts of
Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. That's up from about 600 in 2010 and around
200 in the early 1980s.

Grizzlies first were listed as a threatened species in 1975. The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service has set a management goal of 674 bears as it
moves toward delisting.

One reason for this year's high number of deaths: Poor production of
wild berries, possibly because of late high country frosts and snow,
caused bears to wander far in search of food.

"When you have a year of lower food availability, bears just tend to
roam around more and be more vulnerable to various sources of
mortality," van Manen said. "They get into trouble more. We had a lot
of conflicts this year as a result of that."

Also, the region had only an average year for another grizzly food
staple - nuts from the cones of whitebark pine trees. Grizzlies have
proven adaptable, however, and able to sustain themselves on a variety
of natural food sources in the region, van Manen said.

Wildlife managers this year euthanized 24 grizzlies for a variety of
run-ins with people, property or livestock. Zoos took in four of those
bears' cubs, including two cubs that belonged to a grizzly sow that
killed a hiker in Yellowstone National Park in August.

Wildlife managers typically euthanize problem bears only as a last
resort. More often than mauling people, such bears cause issues like
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