Draft Grizzly Bear Restoration Plan / Environmental Impact Statement, North Cascades Ecosystem

The National Park Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service are seeking public input on a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that evaluates options for restoring grizzly bears to the North Cascades Ecosystem in Washington, where the animals once roamed.

Comment via the link below or
Submit hardcopy comments via mail to:

Superintendent
North Cascades National Park Service Complex
810 State Route 20
Sedro Woolley, WA 98284

Download the draft EIS at the link below for more details.

(The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is separately inviting public comment on a proposed rule under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act that would provide local communities more flexibility to manage the grizzly bear population with additional wildlife management tools. Comments on that proposed rule must be submitted separately beginning September 29, 2023. To comment, visit regulations.gov and reference Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2023-0074).

Document Content:

Draft Grizzly Bear Restoration Plan-Environmental Impact Statement North Cascades Ecosystem _Sept 2023.pdf   (28.1 MB, PDF file) Disclaimer: Links within the above document(s) were valid as of the date published. Note: Some of the files may be in PDF format and can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. You may download a free copy of Acrobat Reader from Adobe Systems.