Brain Post: How The Gold Rush Killed 10,000 Grizzly Bears in California + The History of the California State Flag The conversation regarding reintroducing grizzly bears to California, and other states, is back on the table, so we thought we’d revisit the history of grizzlies in California. I mean, they’re on the state flag, so they must have a symbiotic relationship, right? California Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos californicus), or California Golden Bears, were once ubiquitous in California. Â There were Grizzlies […] Brains Miles Clark | June 26, 2018 23 Comments
Grizzly Bears to RETURN to California? Right now, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is considering an option to set aside 110,000 square miles for 300-400 Grizzly Bears in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. If the US Fish and Wildlife Service decides to move forward with the reintroduction (Europe recently reintroduced Grizzlies into the Alps) it’ll be a long process. Environmental reviews, hearings, […] SnowBrains | August 11, 2014 4 Comments