Restoration of natural populations of grizzly and black bears in Yellowstone National Park
Meagher MM and Philips JR. 1983. Restoration of natural populations of grizzly and black bears in Yellowstone National Park. Pages 152-158. In Meagher MM and Philips JR (ed): Bears - their biology and management: papers of the Fifth International Conference on Bear Research and Management, Feb 1980, Madison WI. Madison, Wisconsin. February 1980. International Association for Bear Research and Management
Yellowstone began an intensive bear management program in 1970, designed to restore and maintain natural bear populations. The last open dump was closed in 1971. During the next decade bears with a knowledge of unnatural foods were relocated or eliminated.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Meagher, Margaret; Philips, Jerry
- Units
- GLAC , YELL
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Bears (Ursidae), Behavior, Black Bear (Ursus americanus), Distribution, Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos), Mammals, Management, Natural Resource Management, Population, Recovery, Threatened and Endangered Species