Feds will move grizzly bears into North Cascades
Grizzly bears are coming back to Washington’s North Cascades.
The National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced May 2 a decision to actively restore the animals in the region, where they lived for thousands of years. The last confirmed sighting of a grizzly bear in this area was in 1996.
The plan is to move three to seven grizzly bears from the Rocky Mountains or British Columbia every summer for five to 10 years until reaching a population of 25 bears. The goal is a population of 200 bears in 60 to 100 years.
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