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Science Friday > Archives > 2001 > July > July 13, 2001:

Hour Two: Grizzly Bears

During the time of Lewis and Clark, more than 50,000 grizzly bears roamed the lower 48 states. Now about 1,100 bears remain. The bears are listed as threatened species, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service must come up with a plan to ensure that the bears survive. Join us in this hour of Science Friday for a look at the biology and of grizzly bears, and the status of a controversial plan to re-introduce the bears in parts of Idaho and Montana.

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Guests:
Charles Schwartz
Leader, Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team
United States Geological Survey
Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
Bozeman, Montana

Christopher Servheen
Coordinator, Grizzly Bear Recovery
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Missoula, Montana

Thomas France
Director, Northern Rockies Office
National Wildlife Federation
Missoula, Montana

Gregory Schildwachter
Policy Advisor
Office of Species Conservation
Office of the Governor of Idaho
Boise, Idaho

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Monitoring Grizzly Bear Populations using DNA
Interagency Bear Study Team
GRIZZLY BEAR RE-INTRODUCTION: EIS
Region 6, the Mountain-Prairie Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Grizzly reintroduction draws 24,000 comments
Conservation Genetics of Grizzly Bears
Selway-Bitterroot Grizzly Reintroduction Area -- National Wildlife Federation Conservation requirements for bears and other carnivorous mammals

This segment produced by: Annette Heist
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