With increasing demands on most resources in the area, current quantitative data on grizzly bears are required for formulation of management decisions that will insure survival of the population. Objectives of the study are to determine the status and trend of the grizzly bear population, the use of habitats and food items by the bears, and the effects of land management practices on the bear population. Efforts are being concentrated on developing a GIS-based Cumulative Effects Model and assessing the effects of land use practices.
Research is ongoing in the attempt to document a sensitive and reliable trend index.
Data analyses and summaries presented in this report supersede all previously published data. Twenty-six had not been marked previously. A total of 76 grizzly bears were monitored for varying intervals during 1996, including 26 adult females. A maximum of 23 adult females were monitored consecutively during October and 21 were wearing active transmitters at denning. A summary of procedures used to determine whether or not observations are duplicates were reported by Knight et al.