The National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans this month to release three to seven bears a year over five to 10 years. This will establish an initial population of 25 bears in the North Cascades, where grizzlies have not been seen in nearly three decades. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/us/washington-grizzly-bears-return.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Demented
Why are tax dollars going to this?
Grizzly bears play a key role in their ecosystem Grizzly bears are a good INDICATOR species. Healthy bear populations tell us that fish are thriving, forests are healthy, and the ecosystem is balanced. Bears need a variety of habitats to survive, thus managing habitat for bears benefits many other species, including humans. If the land is healthy enough to support a fit bear population, then it is also healthy enough to support people. Scientists believe that grizzly bears are an essential part of healthy, fully functioning ecosystems. Known as a KEYSTONE species, grizzlies are ecosystem engineers that disperse seeds, till the land, fertilize forests, and help to regulate prey species. Without keystone species, ecosystems would be dramatically different or cease to exist altogether. Grizzly bears are an UMBRELLA species — ensuring their survival requires that the health of the ecosystem as a whole is maintained and, by doing so, a much broader array of species is protected. Thousands of species live alongside grizzlies in bear country, like caribou, cougars, wolves, and moose. Protect bears and everything else is healthy. Grizzly lives have value to people, including: economic (tourism), as ambassadors, of aesthetic, cultural, spiritual and medical value, as well as to themselves alone.
Totally BS . So many heathy lands in the countries, they never have any grizzly
Cuz Satya Nadella likes bear more