Table 3. Bear Management Units in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem occupied by females 

 with young (cubs-of-the-year, yearling, 2-year olds, or young of unknown age), as determined by 

 verified reports, 1996-2001) (IGBST 2001) 



Recovery plan target "16 of the 18 BMUs occupied by females with young from a running 6- 

 year sum of verified sightings and evidence," and "no 2 adjacent BMUs shall be unoccupied." 

 (USFWS 1993). 



ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED AND CONSIDERED 



The following section presents the discussion of the issues identified from the scoping process, 

 and follow-up meetings, described earlier. Within each section the issue is discussed along with 

 FWP's preferred approach (identified by the statements preceded by a »■ at the head of each 

 section) and any anticipated impacts and alternatives considered. Some issues presented here do 

 not warrant specific actions. For those issues, no preferred or alternative approaches will be 

 offered, and there will be no impacts described. This section concludes with a brief discussion of 

 anticipated secondary and cumulative impacts of the program along with a discussion of 

 irreversible/irretrievable commitments of resources. 



FWP considered a "No Action" alternative beyond continuing existing programs and approaches 

 to grizzly bear management, but a No Action alternative was rejected because the bear 



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