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

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission's Fiscal Division. This funding supports the Department's Grizzly Bear Program, which involves monitoring and management projects to determine population characteristics, habitat use, and management of grizzly bear interactions with livestock and humans in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of Wyoming. The project will assist the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team in gathering data on grizzly bear food habits, habitat use, distribution, population trends, and mortality thresholds. The grant will also enable the Commission to manage bear-human and bear-livestock interactions and provide educational efforts to the public on bear conservation and safety. The project period is from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.

The department s grizzly bear program involves monitoring and management projects designed to determine variouspopulation characteristics and habitat use of grizzly bears in the wyoming of the yellowstone ecosystem and tomanage grizzly bear livestock and grizzly bear human interactions.management programs are directed towards monitoring the grizzly bear population trend through observation flightsthat define the distribution of grizzly bears within bear management units (bmus), document females with cubs ofthe 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 thesouthern 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 safetyissues, distribute information to hunters and other publics on bear safety, support a section on hunting in bearcountry in statewide hunter education efforts, and continue to conduct numerous workshops on how to live safelyin areas occupied by bears.