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The History and Challenges of Bear Management

Grizzly bear stands on the top of a low hill. People and bears have a long history together here in Yellowstone. Humans began to come into this region as the glaciers of the last ice age receded. As melting continued farther to the north, the way was opened for grizzlies to spread into the western half of what is now the United States and Canada, as well as into northern Mexico.

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