What Happened to Washington's Grizzly Bears? | Mossback's Northwest
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- čas přidán 12. 10. 2023
- Grizzly bears once roamed the remote wilderness of the North Cascades, but today, these bears are rarely seen in Washington state. Now, the U.S. government are considering reintroducing this apex predator to the region. But what is the history of the grizzly bear in the Northwest, and what happened to them in the first place?
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We still have them in the north Cascades. They're also in the Selkirks.
I remember seeing brown bears from a distance hiking Sauk Mountain in the 1980s. I think that the “hunting to near extinction” narrative is incomplete; if they decided to go deeper into the wilderness and remain unseen by people then they probably have good reason to stay away from us.
The north cascades is marginal grizzly habitat and whatever they release there will migrate away.
Brown bears persisted in the Klamath/Siskiyou of Oregon and California for a while. Into the 1930s or maybe 40s, IIRC -- although I'm not sure what subspecies those were, so maybe not a "grizzly."
Also, the occasional brown bear still does venture into the Washington N Cascades.
Lions Tigers and Bears O my. thank you, good job stay safe ALL.
Bringing grizzlies back will ruin your hiking, camping, and hunting. I wish we had far fewer in my province.
Agreed. How dare nature get in my way of me enjoying nature? I want my experience in nature to be a curated experience! We should only have the cute animals that I can pet in nature! seriously though, hiking and camping are literally meant to be an experience where you go into nature, removing parts of nature to be more comfortable is completely counter to the experience. If you want to camp or hike without being uncomfortable, you should hike or camp in a place with lots of homes, electricity, security, lots of people, easy food sources with zero effort in obtaining, air conditioning, a comfortable chair, an internet connection, and no wild animals. If only we had places like that...
3,000 in one year and ypu cant fathom what happened? 😂😅
They are here in Alaska!
I love when a guy whose never hiked in bear countru does a documentation on besr country!😅😅 from coast to coast north to south....texas, Mexico, Nebraska...everywhere
We don’t want grizzlies back in the cascades.
I would if they brought moose populations up first, brought bison back, and had a hunting plan for bears and wolves.
@@tolt1776this here is facts. Bringing an apex predator back without the supporting habitat including prey is a recipe for disaster
Well, I’m sure Grizzly Bears didn’t want us in the Cascades either but they deserve to be here more than you do. I tell you what, Grizzly Bears can move back here and you can move back to wherever the f*** your ancestors came from. That sounds fair, right? No? Well, too bad. I support the reintroduction of native species that were extirpated by colonial expansion. If you don’t like it, well, move out east where there were no Grizzly Bears.
Speak for yourself/
Let's hope they designate it as a 10j experimental population so the state and civilians have more options to manage them and defend themselves/ property.
There in my back yard!
Not your average bear
Hardly any were killed with spears or arrows
Really? Are you a time traveller? Provide the factual data please. Which is impossible. Doesn’t negate the fact that yes the first settlers slaughtered them along with many other species.
The picture shown, has a native standing on a small black bear. Not a full grown adult grizzly.
I hope someday grizzlies are back in california
Bring on the bears!
The wolves will deplete the dwindling elk herds. Not good.
BEN LILLY IS WHAT HAPPENED TO GRIZZLY BEARS.
Ben Lilly was a terrible person. He supposedly killed the last grizzly in the Gila, and is celebrated to this day.
The people of Washington State are intelligent enough to understand that the only place grizzly bears should be allowed to live is in zoos.
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Talons, they are not birds
"sightings are extremely rare" I saw multiple griz in the methow valley area around the campgrounds. I've killed brown bear, blackbear, and I know a griz when its 10ft behind me.
Bring them back! If humans can't learn to share the planet, then they have much more to worry about than a few grizzlies.
You're out of your ever luvin' mind, pinhead.
Grizzlies are thriving …don’t worry
Can't just have an informative video about grizzlies without including the climate change propaganda, eh?
Just can’t believe it when 99% of scientists predict climate change extinctions. It’s called being willfully ignorant, eh?
What is propaganda about it?
Hinman Glacier, which sits on the Cascade Mountains spine between Snoqualmie and Stevens passes, shrunk to just 0.04 square kilometers in 2022
If that’s not climate change I don’t know what is.
Can't mention climate issues without someone complaining about it being propaganda. See, I can say the same thing.
Go outside and look. If you’ve payed any attention at all you will see things are changing . Pretty simple
What happened is easy to answer…,you dumericans moved in.Peace from B.C…where of course there are grizzlies.
Yup. And we're here to stay, so keep coping.