The department s grizzly bear program involves monitoring and management projects designed to determine various population characteristics and habitat use of grizzly bears in the wyoming of the…

This $100,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 will fund the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission's grizzly bear monitoring and management programs from July 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024. The award supports the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team in determining population trends, distribution, habitat use, food habits, and survival rates of grizzly bears in southern Bear Management Units within the Yellowstone ecosystem. Data collected will be compared to information from Idaho and Montana to inform allowable mortality thresholds. The Commission will also manage data on human-bear and livestock-bear interactions to minimize human-caused mortalities and conflicts. Additional funding uses include educational efforts on coexisting with grizzly bears and distributing safety information to hunters. This award advances the goals of the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program by supporting species and habitat conservation activities for the threatened Yellowstone grizzly bear population.

The department s grizzly bear program involves monitoring and management projects designed to determine various population characteristics and habitat use of grizzly bears in the wyoming of the yellowstone ecosystem and to manage grizzly bear livestock and grizzly bear human interactions management programs are directed towards monitoring the grizzly bear population trend through observation flights that define the distribution of grizzly bears within bear management units bmus , document females with cubs of the year, and detailed monitoring of radio collared individuals to assess important movement, seasonal habitatuse, food selection, and survival estimates this application will provide the resources necessary to 1 assist the interagency grizzly bear study team igbst in determining food habits, habitat use, distribution, population trend, allowable mortality thresholds, and other important parameters for grizzly bears within the southern bmus 2 provide comparative data to that already gathered by the igbst, idaho, and montana 3 manage bear human interaction, bear livestock interaction and mortality data specific for each BMU to aidstate and federal managers in minimizing human caused mortalities and grizzly bear conflicts 4 continue to provide important information and educational efforts to assist with bear conservation and safety issues, distribute information to hunters and other publics on bear safety, support a section on hunting in bear country in statewide hunter education efforts, and continue to conduct numerous workshops on how to live safely in areas occupied by bears