Hunting 50 



Enforcement 55 



Education/Public Outreach 56 



Future Research 59 



Costs and Funding 60 



Expanded Local Involvement 61 



Secondary and Cumulative Impacts 62 



Irreversible/Irretrievable Resource Commitment 63 



Glossary 65 



Literature Used to Assist in Preparation of this Plan 66 



List of Figures 

 Figure 1. Location of the recovery zone/primary conservation area within Greater 



Yellowstone Ecosystem 3 



Figure 2. Location of Carbon, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Park, Gallatin, Madison, 



and Beaverhead counties 7 



Figure 3. Grizzly bear distribution in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, 1990- 

 2000. Map represents the outer edge of a composite polygon constructed by 

 overlaying fixed kernel ranges constructed from ( 1 ) observations of unique 

 unduplicated females with cubs of the year, (2) relocations of radio-collared bears, 

 (3) locations of grizzly bear-human conflicts, confi^ontations, and mortalities. 



Points represent data not contained within this coverage 35 



Figure 4. Grizzly bear distribution in the GYE 36 



Figure 5. Grizzly bear distribution from information on radio-collared animals 37 



Figure 6. Light gray = areas occupied by black bears. Dark gray = areas with the 



potential to encounter grizzlies in Montana 38 



Figure 7. Grizzly bear/human conflicts in Southwest Montana, 1991-2001 45 



Figure 8 . Grizzly bear conflicts in Southwest Montana, 1 99 1 -200 1 46 



List of Tables 

 Table 1. Selected size, population, and agricultural attributes of the seven counties 



in the grizzly bear conservation area 10 



Table 2. Annual count of unduplicated females with cubs-of-the-year (COY), and 

 known and probable human-caused grizzly bear mortalities within the Recovery 

 Zone and the 10-mile perimeter, 1991-2001. Calculations of mortality thresholds 

 do not include mortalities or unduplicated females with COY documented outside 



the 1 0-mile perimeter 19 



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) 20 



Table 4. Grizzly bear mortalities in southwest Montana, 1 992-200 1 33 



Table 5. FWP Southwest Montana Grizzly Bear Management plan expenses 

 (Yellowstone ecosystem) 61 



