Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan

Alberta's Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan guides grizzly bear management in Alberta, providing recommendations including the following:

• Suspending the grizzly bear hunt
• Gathering and coordinating scientific data
• Public education (for example, the BearSmart program)
• Hiring and training bear management staff, including a carnivore specialist
• Better managing of problem grizzly bears

Currently, grizzly bears are listed as a Threatened species under Alberta's Wildlife Act. To review the current recovery plan for grizzly bears in Alberta, see:

• Alberta Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan- Mar 2008 / revised July 23, 2008 (78 pages)
  • Alberta Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan - Q&A– Mar 31, 2008 (8 pages)
• Draft Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan – Scientific Peer Review Backgrounder– Sep 25, 2007 (2 pages)

Related Information

• Alberta BearSmart
• Grizzly Bear Status Report
• Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)

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Updated: May 16, 2012