July 2014

With the grizzly bear populations in the Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide ecosystem well on the way to recovery, the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC) turned its attention at its June 24 - 26 meeting to restoration of grizzly bears in the North Cascades ecosystem of Washington State and neighboring British Columbia (B.C.). This international ecosystem, centered on North Cascades National Park and the U.S. Forest Service's Pasayten Wilderness in the U.S., and Skagit and Manning Provincial Parks in Canada, boasts some of the most rugged and productive grizzly bear habitat...

Florida's coast and surrounding waters provide nesting, developmental, and foraging habitats to five species of sea turtles, all of which are listed under the Endangered Species Act. The leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempi), and green (Chelonia mydas) are designated as Endangered (the green in Florida and Pacific Mexico only, Threatened elsewhere), and the loggerhead (Caretta caretta) is listed as Threatened. The Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit has...