Save the Yellowstone Grizzly

06/12/2026

Happy Friday!

Thank you to everyone who supports our efforts to protect grizzly bears. We couldn't do it without you. Every share, comment, and thumbs-up helps us educate others, grow our movement, and give grizzly bears a stronger voice.

Together, we're building support for habitat protection, wildlife connectivity, coexistence, and the future of grizzly bears in the lower 48.

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06/11/2026

2,500 Acres to 1: Trump Administration Weakens Grizzly Habitat Protections. The Trump administration has weakened the long-standing definition of “secure grizzly habitat” from large connected landscapes to patches as small as a single acre.

Grizzly bears need room to roam, forage, travel, and avoid conflict with people. They need connected, secure habitat not fragmented islands surrounded by roads, logging, and human disturbance.

This change wasn’t driven by new science. It was driven by politics and convenience.

At a time when grizzlies face increasing pressure from development, roadbuilding, recreation, climate change, and habitat fragmentation, federal agencies should be strengthening habitat protections not redefining them into meaninglessness.

Read the article - Viewpoint: 1 Acre Of Forest Habitat For Grizzlies Is Nonsense, link in Comments >>

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The grizzly still belongs here.

06/10/2026

This Father’s Day, give Dad a bear. 🐻

Our The Griz Abides teddy bears are perfect for the dads who love wild places, road trips, campfires, fly fishing, hiking, and the spirit of the American West.

Soft enough for the kids. Tough enough for grizzly country.

Every bear helps support our work to protect grizzly bears and keep them roaming the lower 48.

The Griz Abides. Can We?

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06/10/2026

by David Stalling

06/09/2026

Save the Roadless Rule! Urgent Action Needed...

"We urgently need phone calls to ALL offices of committee members as well as social media tagging those members. Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be transferred to the Senate office. For social media, use the tag so we can find the posts."

06/09/2026

Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke is once again pushing to remove federal protections for grizzly bears. New language in a federal spending bill would direct the Interior Department to delist Greater Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide grizzlies within 180 days, handing management authority back to the states.

This proposal still has a long way to go before becoming law, but it represents another serious threat to grizzly recovery, connectivity, and long-term survival in the lower 48.

Read Zinke's press release, link in Comments.

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06/09/2026

https://missoulacurrent.com/habitat-grizzlies-viewpoint/

Mike Garrity writes, Administratively changing what qualifies as secure grizzly habitat doesn't actually make more secure habitat for grizzlies.

06/08/2026

Yellowstone is full of signs of grizzly bears. Most people hike through bear country without ever realizing how much activity surrounds them.

Whether it’s a track pressed into the mud, s**t along the trail, fresh digs for roots, or a bear rub tree - the landscape is alive grizzlies.

Learning to recognize bear sign helps us better understand and coexist with these incredible animals.

The grizzly still belongs here both inside and outside our national parks.

Learn more and take action at savethegriz.org

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06/08/2026

Most people walk right past grizzly sign without ever noticing it. S**t, tracks, and digs are quite common in Yellowstone National Park.

These signs remind us that grizzlies are still moving across the landscape
The grizzly still belongs here.

Learn more: savethgriz.org or text GRIZ to 66866 to join our e-news.

06/05/2026

Chainsaws in wilderness? What is happening to the solitude of the wild? The Wilderness Act was meant to preserve places “where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man.” In wilderness is the preservation of the soul.

Why not enter these places with the mentality of a hunter or tracker: quietly watching for wildlife, reading tracks, listening, reconnecting? Maybe you'll see a grizzly bear.

Get involved and join Great Old Broads for Wilderness and Wilderness Watch free webinar on Thursday, June 11, 5pm MDT.

https://www.greatoldbroads.org/events/online-event-chainsaws-and-the-wilderness-act/

The U.S. Forest Service recently authorized the use of gas-powered chainsaws by commercial outfitters and guides for seven months a year for up to three years on 542 miles of trail in about half of the River of No Return Wilderness within the boundaries of the Salmon-Challis National Forest.

The Forest Service made this decision after a year of secret, behind-closed-door negotiations with the Idaho Outfitter and Guides Association with no opportunities for public comment, no environmental review, and no regard for federal laws, including the Wilderness Act.

We absolutely do not believe this authorization is legal under the Wilderness Act or the National Environmental Policy Act.

Not only does this move go against the mandate of the Wilderness Act prohibiting the use of motorized equipment in designated Wilderness areas, it could also set a dangerous precedent for the management of Wilderness across the country.

Please join Wilderness Watch and our partners at the Great Old Broads for Wilderness at 5pm MDT on Thursday, June 11 for a webinar about “Chainsaws and the Wilderness Act.”

Click here to register for this free webinar: https://www.greatoldbroads.org/events/online-event-chainsaws-and-the-wilderness-act/

Panelists include:

• Dana Johnson, Policy Director, Wilderness Watch
• Ken Straley, retired USFS Wilderness Manager
• N. Taylor, retired regional USFS Wilderness Manager
• Anne Dal Vera, retired USFS Wilderness Ranger

During the webinar, you will learn more about why this Forest Service action goes beyond just chainsaws, and what you can do to halt moves like this that strike at the very core of the Wilderness Act.

Together we will stop this attack on the Wilderness Act, and ensure that these special landscapes remain natural and wild for generations to come.

We hope you can join us at 5pm MDT on Thursday, June 11.

Photo: USFS