Table 4. NCDE recovery zone grizzly bear population parameters including minimum unduplicated 

 counts of females with cubs (FWCs), distribution of females with young and known human-caused 

 mortality, 1997-2004.' 



' data from USFWS Grizzly Bear Coordinator (Chris Servheen, pers. comm.) and FWP internal reports. 



Table 5. Status of the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem recovery zone during 1999-2004 in relation 

 to demographic recovery targets from the grizzly bear recovery plan (USFWS 1993). 



Recovery Criteria 



Target 



1999-2004 



Females w/cubs (6-vr average) 



Inside GNP ib-yr avg) 



Outside GNP (6-i/r avg) 

 Human Caused Mortality limit (4% of minimum estimate) 

 Female Human Caused mortality limit (30% of total mortality) 

 Distribution of females w/young (Missions occupied) 



Status in the CYE 



The Cabinet- Yaak recovery zone encompasses about 2,600 mi- of northwest Montana and northern Idaho 

 and lies directly to the south of Canada (see Figure 2). The Kootenai River bisects this area with the 

 Cabinet Mountains portion to the south and the Yaak River portion to the north. The degree of grizzly 

 bear movement between the two portions is unknown but thought to be minimal and has not been 

 documented to date. To obtain information on population status and habitat needs of grizzlies using the 

 area, FWP initiated a study, conducted by Kasworm and Manley in cooperation with the USFWS and 

 USFS, in the Cabinet Mountains in 1983. More recently, the USFWS, in cooperation with the USPS and 

 FWP, initiated a long term study beginning in 1989. Objectives of the 1989 study have focused on (i) 



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