Save the Yellowstone Grizzly Bears!

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The Yellowstone grizzly bear has been on the endangered species list \[1\] for the last 42 years... **until now**.

According to the National Park Service (NPS), the grizzly bear populations in Yellowstone park have grown from 136 bears in 1975 to about 700 today \[2\].

Because of this, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Ryan Zinke, the Secretary of the Interior, have decided \[3\] that it is time for the Yellowstone grizzly bear to be removed from the endangered species list and have it no longer be protected.

But the Yellowstone grizzly population is still nowhere near stable. **The growth rate for these bears has been completely flat since the early 2000's, meaning there has been no real population change.** There are fewer cubs that are surviving and the amount of older bears is increasing \[4\].

The Fish and Wildlife Service is also completely dismissing the effects of climate change. According to retired wildlife biologist David Mattson, who has seen the federal data, **the ecosystem that helps these bears survive is "unraveling \[5\]."**

With the decline of key foods like trout, elk, and whitebark pine seeds (a key part of Yellowstone grizzly diets) \[5\], the bear populations will likely not be able to sustain themselves. It will become even worse without ensured protection.

When the endangered species protection is stripped from the Yellowstone grizzly bear, it will only put their population back to where it was when they were initially listed in the first place.

**Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that Yellowstone's grizzly bears need to remain protected, because if they aren't, we might have to say goodbye to them for good.**