In the late 1960s when this photograph of a Yellowstone grizzly was taken, the bruin population was crashing, necessitating a desperate listing to give bears federal protection under the Endangered Species Act in 1975. The state of Wyoming then and still does regard grizzlies as a management burden. Four decades ago fewer than 140 grizzlies survived in the entire Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. While bear numbers have grown so too have the number of significant threats to the survival of grizzlies and large carnivores worldwide.
In the late 1960s when this photograph of a Yellowstone grizzly was taken, the bruin population was crashing, necessitating a desperate listing to give bears federal protection under the Endangered Species Act in 1975. The state of Wyoming then and still does regard grizzlies as a management burden. Four decades ago fewer than 140 grizzlies survived in the entire Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. While bear numbers have grown so too have the number of significant threats to the survival of grizzlies and large carnivores worldwide.