The last known grizzly bear was killed in the North Cascades in 1967.

In 2011 SEEC was actively involved in making the return of the Grizzly Bear possible. [read more…]

In 2018 hunting grizzlies for sport was banned in British Columbia. [read more…]
Some of you may have met Charlie Russell, noted in this linked article, when he toured the PNW and SW British Columbia. A few of us met him at a book promo event in Sunshine Valley, BC.

Now, the US Federal Government has approved the measured return of this keystone species, back to the North Cascades. [read more…]

“…growth in grizzly numbers will benefit the ecosystem, said Scott Schuyler, a tribal elder and natural and cultural resources policy representative for the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe. For years, biologists have suspected only a handful of grizzly bears likely live in the North Cascades. There are so few bears that the population is considered functionally extinct.
“To us, an ecosystem that is missing chains or links of a chain of a complete ecosystem. That’s what we want to see. We want to see everything there that should be there,” Schuyler said.”