Yellowstone News and Information

  Yellowstone Grizzlies and the Controversy Over Food

Lawsuit Aims to Protect Grizzlies, Lynx From Clearcutting Near Yellowstone National Park also Mike Garrity: Biden’s Forest Service logging makes a mockery of his climate pledge  - Ravalli Republic

Forest Service Clearcutting Plan Next to Yellowstone National Park Threatens Grizzlies, Old Growth

  Bears with cubs are emerging from dens in Teton County We need your help to secure attractants         NPS Photo/C. Adams JACKSON, WY— Grizzly bears with cubs have begun emerging from their dens in Teton County. As bears become active this spring, BearWise Jackson Hole reminds residents and visitors to secure attractants of any kind and be bear aware. Seeing a bear in its natural habitat is an awe-inspiring experience. However, living and recreating in bear country requires awareness and actions on our part to keep both bears and humans safe. As the grizzly bear population expands within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, bears continue to disperse across their historical range but also into more populated areas. All of Teton County is now in occupied grizzly bear habitat. Properly storing all attractants to ensure a bear does not obtain a food reward is crucial to keeping bears wild. Once a bear becomes conditioned to human foods, risks to the bear and humans increase and management

  Yellowstone’s first grizzly bear sighting of 2022      Grizzly bear      NPS/Neal Herbert News Release Date:  March 8, 2022 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - On Monday, March 7, a pilot supporting Yellowstone National Park wildlife research observed the first grizzly bear of 2022. The adult bear was seen walking in a meadow in the west-central part of the park. The first bear sighting of  2021  occurred on March 13. Male grizzlies come out of hibernation in early March. Females with cubs emerge in April and early May. When bears emerge from hibernation, they look for food and often feed on elk and bison that died over the winter. Sometimes, bears will react aggressively to encounters with people when feeding on carcasses. All of Yellowstone National Park is bear country: from the deepest backcountry to the boardwalks around Old Faithful. Protect yourself and the bears people come here to enjoy by following these guidelines:   Prepare for a bear enco

Yellowstone supervisor uses 150th anniversary to reflect on lessons learned

  Montana could soon allow grizzly bear hunting for first time in decades

  New data reveals record number of grizzlies in GYE

 Searching for grizzlies? Bring your bear spray

  Officials investigate incident involving woman approaching grizzly bears in Yellowstone

 VIDEO: What Happens When a Wolf Pack Surrounds a Grizzly in Yellowstone?

  Tolerance key to grizzly bear conservation, state says

  New Study Involving Grizzly Bears on Treadmills Shows Us Why Grizzly Bears are on Hiking Trails

  Griz estimate adjusted, now 1,000-plus Yellowstone bears

Human hiking trails custom built for sauntering grizzlies  

Daines proposes bill to delist Yellowstone grizzlies