ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROFILE

PROTECTION STATUS: Threatened

YEAR PLACED ON LIST: 1975

CRITICAL HABITAT: None

RECOVERY PLAN: Approved 1982, revised 1993

RANGE: Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, possibly southern Colorado, and western Canada

THREATS: Federal predator control, pine bark beetle infestations, global warming, invasive lake trout, and habitat degradation

POPULATION TREND: Between 1850 and 1970, grizzlies were eliminated from 98 percent of their original range. Populations plummeted from a high of 50,000 to between 800 and 1,200 today.