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Abstract
Grizzly bear restoration and recovery is a controversial, highly politicized process. By 1959, when the Craigheads began their pioneering work on Yellowstone grizzly bears, the species had been reduced to a remnant of its historic range. Prior to the colonization of North America by Europeans, the grizzly lived in relatively pristine habitats with aboriginal Native Americans. As civilization expanded, humans changed the face of the landscape, converting grizzly bear habitat to farms and ranches. People killed grizzlies to protect livestock and eliminate a perceived threat to human safety. In concert, habitat loss and direct human-caused mortality had effectively eliminated the grizzly from 95 percent of its historic range in the conterminous United States by the 1920s (Servheen 1989). Grizzly bear numbers had been reduced nearly 98 percent by 1975 when the species was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (USFWS 1993).
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | The paradigm of grizzly bear restoration in North America |
| ISBN | 978-1559638173 |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Year Published | 2002 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Island Press |
| Publisher location | Washington, D.C. |
| Contributing office(s) | Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center |
| Description | 5 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | Large Mammal Restoration in North America: ecological and sociological considerations in the 21st century |
| First page | 225 |
| Last page | 229 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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