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Jennifer LaVista: Welcome and thanks for tuning into this
episode of CoreCast, I’m Jennifer LaVista. The size and
distribution of grizzly bear populations in North West Montana
has just been released been the U.S. Geological Survey. To learn
more about this study, I called USGS Research Biologist, Kate
Kendall, to bring us up to speed on these furry creatures. Kate,
thanks for joining us. Kate Kendall: My pleasure. Jennifer
LaVista: Tell me, why is it important to study grizzly bears in
this area? Kate Kendall: It’s important because there are only
five grizzly bear populations remaining south of Canada. And
although this population has been listed as threatened since
1975, there was no ecosystem-wide information about how the
population was doing. Jennifer LaVista: So how did you go about
setting them? Kate Kendall: Because be