A grizzly return.
Could the grizzly bear grizzly bear or grizzly, large, powerful North American brown bear, characterized by gray-streaked, or grizzled, fur. Grizzlies are 6 to 8 ft (180–250 cm) long, stand 3 1-2 to 4 ft (105–120 cm) at the humped shoulder, and weigh up to be making a comeback? U.S. wildlife officials say that federal protections for bears in and around Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park, 2,219,791 acres (899,015 hectares), the world's first national park (est. 1872), NW Wyo., extending into Montana and Idaho. It lies mainly on a broad plateau in the Rocky Mts., on the Continental Divide, c. may no longer be necessary. Grizzlies The name Grizzlies may refer to: - Grizzly bears
- Memphis Grizzlies (Formerly the Vancouver Grizzlies), a NBA Basketball team.
- Northside High School football team.
- Fresno Grizzlies, a minor league triple-a associate of the San Francisco Giants.
have been protected under the Endangered Species Act The federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C.A. §§ 1531 et seq.) was enacted to protect animal and plant species from extinction by preserving the ecosystems in which they survive and by providing programs for their conservation. since 1975. Since then, the number of bears in the Yellowstone a grown at a rate of 4 to 7 percent per population of more than year-to a population of more than 600. Some wildlife groups say that the grizzly should still be protected because of continued threats to its habitat.
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