A bear photographed last October in Washington's North Cascades Mountains has-been Identified as a grizzly, the first Confirmed sighting in the North Cascades since 1996.
This Is What's sighting Known as a Class 1 report, Which is a verified sighting of a species That evidence includes physical Such tracks as gold photograph of the animal with a Geographically verifiable background.
Although state and Federal Agencies Have Been working to recover the North Cascades' small native population for grizzly More than 20 years and Receive multiple reports of grizzly bears can EACH year, turn out to BE MOST black bears. Photographs taken by a hiker Who Encountered the animal are the first pictures of a Known Confirmed living in North Cascades grizzly bear Perhaps a half-century.
Grizzly bears in the North Cascades are a year and endangered species are protected from under the Federal Endangered Species Act and by state law. The U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service Believes There Are Fewer Than 20 grizzlies in the U.S. portion of the North Cascades, with Perhaps That Many More In The Adjoining Canadian portion of the ecosystem.
"This is a significant event in the world of grizzly bear recovery," Said Becki Heath of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC). "Although grizzly bears oz Occupied the North Cascades, the Current Population Appears to Be at very low Levels airport management degree. We Rarely Have Evidence of Their presence in the ecosystem."
Joe Sebille WAS hiking in October 2010 When He Encountered the bear was feeding steep slope in the Upper Cascade River watershed. He Watched the animal for a while, then snapped some pictures and left the area.Sebille Knew Did not look like the bruin the black bears HE HAD SEEN HE HAD intended Did not Realize Seen That gold has the grizzly sighting unusual Until HE WAS Began discussing the encounter with friends and sharing historical photographs.
In May 2011, Sebille contacted the North Cascades National Park to share His story and the photographs. National Park Service bear biologist Anne Braaten Realized Their Significance and shared Sebille's account and photographs with the InterAgency Grizzly Bear Committee, aussi Who Believed to Be the bear was grizzly.
That group Passed the information on to Chris Servheen, the USFWS Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator, Who feels the photo to a group of experts to review grizzly bear. That group unanimously Confirmed the animal in the picture as a grizzly bear.
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