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

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

Comments were submitted via the link below or
hardcopy comments were sent 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 separately invited 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 were submitted separately from September 29, 2023 through November 13, 2023. The proposed rule is available on regulations.gov as 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) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4HLymX_xU0    DEIS Public Comment Correspondences.pdf   (39.4 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 from Adobe Systems.