I remember seeing brown bears from a distance hiking Sauk Mountain in the 1980s. I think that the “hunting to near extinction” narrative is incomplete; if they decided to go deeper into the wilderness and remain unseen by people then they probably have good reason to stay away from us.
They're in the Clearwater region of N. Idaho too, despite Fish and Game insistence they are extinct there. That's a handy excuse for any number of things, but not true.
Well, I’m sure Grizzly Bears didn’t want us in the Cascades either but they deserve to be here more than you do. I tell you what, Grizzly Bears can move back here and you can move back to wherever the f*** your ancestors came from. That sounds fair, right? No? Well, too bad. I support the reintroduction of native species that were extirpated by colonial expansion. If you don’t like it, well, move out east where there were no Grizzly Bears.
Let's hope they designate it as a 10j experimental population so the state and civilians have more options to manage them and defend themselves/ property.
You can have some of ours. We got well over 1,100 in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem. What will we have to give you to take, oh say just 100?
Brown bears persisted in the Klamath/Siskiyou of Oregon and California for a while. Into the 1930s or maybe 40s, IIRC -- although I'm not sure what subspecies those were, so maybe not a "grizzly." Also, the occasional brown bear still does venture into the Washington N Cascades.
Agreed. How dare nature get in my way of me enjoying nature? I want my experience in nature to be a curated experience! We should only have the cute animals that I can pet in nature! seriously though, hiking and camping are literally meant to be an experience where you go into nature, removing parts of nature to be more comfortable is completely counter to the experience. If you want to camp or hike without being uncomfortable, you should hike or camp in a place with lots of homes, electricity, security, lots of people, easy food sources with zero effort in obtaining, air conditioning, a comfortable chair, an internet connection, and no wild animals. If only we had places like that...
@@kahlmer6681it's easy to stand on a soapbox, I bet your opinion would change while one is chewing on you before you die. I bet everyone that has died to a grizzly wished it wasn't happening in that moment
They're still there. Just like in Idaho. More reclusive, more wary, but they still get sighted now and again by people who know what they're looking at. Just like wolves, they were never totally eradicated. That narrative fit some agendas, but it was never true. Are there enough of them and should we be planting some more? - that's a legit question to ask. But no, they were never totally eradicated.
Really? Are you a time traveller? Provide the factual data please. Which is impossible. Doesn’t negate the fact that yes the first settlers slaughtered them along with many other species.
In ancient times bears were caught in deep pits. 1. Dig a deep pit. 2. Place a cover of brush and moss over the pit with bait in the middle. 3. When a bear falls in it can be killed with spears and boulders.
Great Idea? Lets put a predator into the same area that the "Soy Latte Alphabet" people get lost. What am I saying,,,,,,Yes please introduce as many as possible to Washington. This will be epic!
I love when a guy whose never hiked in bear countru does a documentation on besr country!😅😅 from coast to coast north to south....texas, Mexico, Nebraska...everywhere
Yeahhhh you know where grizzlies were native too?? Seattle they thrived on the rivers for salmon so lets bring them back to Seattle, whidbey island all over the place lots and lots of them because thats where they belong im sure you can all coexist and you seem the to be the only ones who want them so just move over and make some room for them
ONE HECK OF US WHO EXPLORE AND LIVEB IN THE NORTH CASCADES ARE OPPOSED TO REINTRODUCING GRIZZLY BEARS. Wilderness yes, but crawling with hikers and climbers. Guaranteed people will get hurt or worse!
You make a false statement in this video at 6:03 ...you state that Wolves were re-introduced in Washington...that is not true. The current population of Wolves in Washington are a result of natural recovery that was greatly helped by the re-introduction of Wolves in the 90 's in Yellowstone National Park and The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness of Idaho.
Hinman Glacier, which sits on the Cascade Mountains spine between Snoqualmie and Stevens passes, shrunk to just 0.04 square kilometers in 2022 If that’s not climate change I don’t know what is.
"sightings are extremely rare" I saw multiple griz in the methow valley area around the campgrounds. I've killed brown bear, blackbear, and I know a griz when its 10ft behind me.
I remember seeing brown bears from a distance hiking Sauk Mountain in the 1980s. I think that the “hunting to near extinction” narrative is incomplete; if they decided to go deeper into the wilderness and remain unseen by people then they probably have good reason to stay away from us.
Because Americans typically shoot on sight
Bears don't "love" mountains, we just forced them out of everywhere else by over developing.
Have to have this GREATEST OF ALL ANIMALS!!! MUST REINTRODUCE. Forests are empty cemeteries without them.
We still have them in the north Cascades. They're also in the Selkirks.
💯 I have found them
They're in the Clearwater region of N. Idaho too, despite Fish and Game insistence they are extinct there. That's a handy excuse for any number of things, but not true.
I ran into a grizzly in 1998 in the William O Douglas Wilderness east of Ranier. No mistaking it.
One of the few times I have heard of an animal going extinct here that doesn't start with "Captain Vancouver got peckish."
The north cascades is marginal grizzly habitat and whatever they release there will migrate away.
Explain
We don’t want grizzlies back in the cascades.
I would if they brought moose populations up first, brought bison back, and had a hunting plan for bears and wolves.
@@tolt1776this here is facts. Bringing an apex predator back without the supporting habitat including prey is a recipe for disaster
Well, I’m sure Grizzly Bears didn’t want us in the Cascades either but they deserve to be here more than you do. I tell you what, Grizzly Bears can move back here and you can move back to wherever the f*** your ancestors came from. That sounds fair, right? No? Well, too bad. I support the reintroduction of native species that were extirpated by colonial expansion. If you don’t like it, well, move out east where there were no Grizzly Bears.
Speak for yourself/
Let's hope they designate it as a 10j experimental population so the state and civilians have more options to manage them and defend themselves/ property.
You can have some of ours. We got well over 1,100 in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem. What will we have to give you to take, oh say just 100?
Thankyou for doing this on Washington State here ❤
Lions Tigers and Bears O my. thank you, good job stay safe ALL.
Brown bears persisted in the Klamath/Siskiyou of Oregon and California for a while. Into the 1930s or maybe 40s, IIRC -- although I'm not sure what subspecies those were, so maybe not a "grizzly."
Also, the occasional brown bear still does venture into the Washington N Cascades.
Bringing grizzlies back will ruin your hiking, camping, and hunting. I wish we had far fewer in my province.
Agreed. How dare nature get in my way of me enjoying nature? I want my experience in nature to be a curated experience! We should only have the cute animals that I can pet in nature! seriously though, hiking and camping are literally meant to be an experience where you go into nature, removing parts of nature to be more comfortable is completely counter to the experience. If you want to camp or hike without being uncomfortable, you should hike or camp in a place with lots of homes, electricity, security, lots of people, easy food sources with zero effort in obtaining, air conditioning, a comfortable chair, an internet connection, and no wild animals. If only we had places like that...
Buy 2 cans of sabre bear spray 9 oz.
@@kahlmer6681it's easy to stand on a soapbox, I bet your opinion would change while one is chewing on you before you die. I bet everyone that has died to a grizzly wished it wasn't happening in that moment
were wolves reintroduced to washington state or did they travel themselves from canada?
thank you!
is there evidence of them once inhabiting the olympic peninsula?
thank you!
They're still there. Just like in Idaho. More reclusive, more wary, but they still get sighted now and again by people who know what they're looking at. Just like wolves, they were never totally eradicated. That narrative fit some agendas, but it was never true. Are there enough of them and should we be planting some more? - that's a legit question to ask. But no, they were never totally eradicated.
Hey Mossback, why don't you interview my wife about grizzly bears? She knows some stuff.
I have ran into one single grizzly in the north cascades.
Hardly any were killed with spears or arrows
Really? Are you a time traveller? Provide the factual data please. Which is impossible. Doesn’t negate the fact that yes the first settlers slaughtered them along with many other species.
The picture shown, has a native standing on a small black bear. Not a full grown adult grizzly.
In ancient times bears were caught in deep pits. 1. Dig a deep pit. 2. Place a cover of brush and moss over the pit with bait in the middle. 3. When a bear falls in it can be killed with spears and boulders.
I say, “bring ‘em back”! There are too many city and gang members trashing our forests and picking mushrooms. Maybe the bears can eat them.
3,000 in one year and ypu cant fathom what happened? 😂😅
They are here in Alaska!
Kelowna is Grizzly Bear in Salish. This is their land
Great Idea? Lets put a predator into the same area that the "Soy Latte Alphabet" people get lost. What am I saying,,,,,,Yes please introduce as many as possible to Washington. This will be epic!
Maybe a new PBS series, "Blue hairs and brown bears"
I love when a guy whose never hiked in bear countru does a documentation on besr country!😅😅 from coast to coast north to south....texas, Mexico, Nebraska...everywhere
Not your average bear
Yeahhhh you know where grizzlies were native too?? Seattle they thrived on the rivers for salmon so lets bring them back to Seattle, whidbey island all over the place lots and lots of them because thats where they belong im sure you can all coexist and you seem the to be the only ones who want them so just move over and make some room for them
BEN LILLY IS WHAT HAPPENED TO GRIZZLY BEARS.
Ben Lilly was a terrible person. He supposedly killed the last grizzly in the Gila, and is celebrated to this day.
Bring on the bears!
I say bring back the Grizzly. Our poor stewardship is what led to their disappearance to begin with. They belong here
There in my back yard!
Bring them back! If humans can't learn to share the planet, then they have much more to worry about than a few grizzlies.
You're out of your ever luvin' mind, pinhead.
Grizzlies are thriving …don’t worry
The people of Washington State are intelligent enough to understand that the only place grizzly bears should be allowed to live is in zoos.
Put you in there with it too
I hope someday grizzlies are back in california
ONE HECK OF US WHO EXPLORE AND LIVEB IN THE NORTH CASCADES ARE OPPOSED TO REINTRODUCING GRIZZLY BEARS. Wilderness yes, but crawling with hikers and climbers. Guaranteed people will get hurt or worse!
You make a false statement in this video at 6:03 ...you state that Wolves were re-introduced in Washington...that is not true. The current population of Wolves in Washington are a result of natural recovery that was greatly helped by the re-introduction of Wolves in the 90 's in Yellowstone National Park and The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness of Idaho.
They will eat people ,thats what happened
Humans
Talons, they are not birds
Can't just have an informative video about grizzlies without including the climate change propaganda, eh?
Just can’t believe it when 99% of scientists predict climate change extinctions. It’s called being willfully ignorant, eh?
What is propaganda about it?
Hinman Glacier, which sits on the Cascade Mountains spine between Snoqualmie and Stevens passes, shrunk to just 0.04 square kilometers in 2022
If that’s not climate change I don’t know what is.
Can't mention climate issues without someone complaining about it being propaganda. See, I can say the same thing.
Go outside and look. If you’ve payed any attention at all you will see things are changing . Pretty simple
NAH fu
"sightings are extremely rare" I saw multiple griz in the methow valley area around the campgrounds. I've killed brown bear, blackbear, and I know a griz when its 10ft behind me.
The wolves will deplete the dwindling elk herds. Not good.
It’s unbelievable that you all killed every grizzly bear in the state! 👿 greed and fear.
Living the dream in Southeast Alaska 🥰
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Yea...no brainer here! The mighty Griz was wiped out by whitie! 😮😮😢😢
What happened is easy to answer…,you dumericans moved in.Peace from B.C…where of course there are grizzlies.
Yup. And we're here to stay, so keep coping.