GRIZZLY BEAR

The yellow lines you see are GPS tracks of a few Grizzly Bears

moving through the year in a vast area north of Missoula, Montana.

To gain a proper perspective, reach for a Montana map to locate the

Mission and Swan Mountain Ranges. You can then gain a sense of how much

land each bear needs to survive. More importantly, Grizzly supporters urge

that you look at efforts to protect connecting corridors of habitat from the

Greater Yellowstone to Canada.

It will not help the Grizzlies if we isolate them in parks like Yellowstone and Glacier.

The bears need to mix and mingle as they once did and the creators of this map

are working hard to connect lands for sustainable populations of the bears

and the complete community they associate with in Alaska, Canada, and the lower 48.

Kids at Wilson School in Wilson, Wyoming have inspired others to join in efforts by

THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND

and others who are protecting the bears by purchasing lands through the

MONTANA LEGACY PROJECT

Learn more at links for Grizzly Bear Protection

and

Visit Grizzly Bear Habitats in the Museum.

Grizzlies Ocean Animals?

Grizzly Bears, aka Brown Bears love nothing better than to scoop a fish from water.

Wherever healthy rivers run full of cutthroat and salmon, you can be assured

that these same rivers bring healthy freshwaters into the sea. In this way

Grizzlies are one important indicator of wathershed health.

They also dig for clams where they are still present in coastal habitats.

Protect a bear and you are protecting our oceans.