After decades of research, advocacy, and community support, we are celebrating today’s announcement that grizzly bear restoration will soon begin in Washington state. The process of charting a course for North Cascades Ecosystem grizzly bear recovery has been long and exhaustive. Federal agencies have gone above and beyond, working closely with grizzly bear experts on … Continued
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jacqueline Covey, Defenders of Wildlife, 630-427-7164 Caitlyn Burford, National Parks Conservation Association, 541-371-6452 Andrea Wolf-Buck, Conservation Northwest, 206-970-1430 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Friends of the North Cascades Grizzly Bear coalition welcomes the long-awaited framework for grizzly bear restoration in the North Cascade Ecosystem with the final record of decision released today. … Continued
The Friends of the North Cascades Grizzly Bear coalition celebrates today as federal agencies greenlight a plan to bring grizzly bears back to the North Cascades Ecosystem.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement ‘Alternative C’ is the most comprehensive plan that ensures both active restoration and safe management in recovering the North Cascades grizzly bear.
The National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have released a draft plan to restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades Ecosystem (NCE), a region they once roamed for thousands of years.
Today the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a draft plan to restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades Ecosystem (NCE), a region they roamed for thousands of years. The public comment period on these proposals is open!
Conservation groups and other wildlife advocates applaud the Biden administration’s announcement today that it is restarting the process required to potentially return grizzly bears to the North Cascades Ecosystem (NCE)
We were disheartened to hear the news of a dead young grizzly bear found on a Whatcom County beach last week. Wildlife officials are investigating the bear’s origins, which must certainly be far distant from the Cherry Point beach on which it washed up. The spot is 50 miles from the wildlands of the North … Continued
On April 3rd at 7:00 p.m., join us, The North Cascades Institute, Village Books and Mountaineers Books for a fascinating conversation about bears, featuring our International Programs Director Joe Scott!
We recently coordinated the following letter from several conservation groups to Members of Congress, urging for their continued commitment toward grizzly bear recovery in the North Cascades.