Bear with us: Grizzly reintroduction to North Cascades stalls

Bear with us: Grizzly reintroduction to North Cascades stalls

In November 2023, over 100 Darrington, Wash., residents filled a local high school’s auditorium in a public comment session on a hotly contested plan to reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades. A year and a half later, that plan still hasn’t been implemented – and it could be scrapped under the Trump administration. Proponents have argued that the plan would restore biodiversity to the region, build ecological resilience and contribute t…