News report from The Billings Gazette
Observations of female grizzlies with cubs – an important indication about how well the overall population is faring – dropped from 52 in 2002 to 38 last year, according to the grizzly study team’s annual report. More than likely, that drop is tied to a poor food year in 2002 and a slight reproductive increase in recent years that left few females available to breed and show off their offspring in 2003, Schwartz said.
NewMexiKen is amused to think, what if the bears were in charge and humans were the object of their observations?