North Cascade Grizzly Bear Meeting in Darrington 5/14

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http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160510/NEWS01/160519968/1043/Darrington-meeting-will-share-info-about-grizzly-bear-plan

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[pianoman9701]

It's real nice they're going to listen to you before going ahead with the grizzly plan. Aren't there more predators we can add to WA wildlife? I'm sure there's something they've missed. Gators? I would love it if they'd add lions, real African lions. 

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Gators might at least put a dent in the sealion population.

[180-GRAIN]

I don't mind sleeping in the backcountry with black bears or wolves but theres just something about a Grizzly that may keep me out of the high country.

[pianoman9701]

I don't mind sleeping in the backcountry with black bears or wolves but theres just something about a Grizzly that may keep me out of the high country.

That's what they're going for. The wilderness isn't for humans anymore.

[mfswallace]

Hopefully someone will remind the state it is not legal to bring in grizzly from outside of Washington

[steeleywhopper]

If anti hunters can stop states from hunting wolves through litigation then why can't we as hunters stop the state from introducing through lawsuits?

[pianoman9701]

Hopefully someone will remind the state it is not legal to bring in grizzly from outside of Washington

Well, both the state and the feds broke the law with the wolf reintroduction. Why should they stop there?

[heronblu]

I for one am stoked at the possibility of having grizzlies here. I like feeling like I'm not necessarily top of the food chain. People pay big money to hunt in AK for that "wild" experience. Also we already have lions here.

[thatdamguy]

First it was wolves now it's grizzly bears. People may think this sounds cool or neat but just wait until they start closing down huge sections of National forest to " give the bears more room ". I am against this simply because of the track record the WDFW and the USFW have when managing large predators. Welcome to Washington State the predator pit

[pianoman9701]

I for one am stoked at the possibility of having grizzlies here. I like feeling like I'm not necessarily top of the food chain. People pay big money to hunt in AK for that "wild" experience. Also we already have lions here.

We already have them. I'm glad you're stoked. So was that guy up in AK who thought he and they understood each other. I think his family got a rib cage back.

If this were just about grizzlies, I'd be OK with it. But it's not. And, it's not about a natural balance, either. For millions of years, man has been part of the natural balance of nature. There are forces at play here which seek to remove man from the natural balance and those forces have the ear of the USFWS and WDFW. If you can't see that, you're not looking.

[Tbar]

I for one am stoked at the possibility of having grizzlies here. I like feeling like I'm not necessarily top of the food chain. People pay big money to hunt in AK for that "wild" experience. Also we already have lions here.

will you be "stoked" when we lose even more access if this goes through.  I would tread lightly when introducing ESA protected species into an area. 

[heronblu]

I for one am stoked at the possibility of having grizzlies here. I like feeling like I'm not necessarily top of the food chain. People pay big money to hunt in AK for that "wild" experience. Also we already have lions here.

We already have them. I'm glad you're stoked. So was that guy up in AK who thought he and they understood each other. I think his family got a rib cage back.

If this were just about grizzlies, I'd be OK with it. But it's not. And, it's not about a natural balance, either. For millions of years, man has been part of the natural balance of nature. There are forces at play here which seek to remove man from the natural balance and those forces have the ear of the USFWS and WDFW. If you can't see that, you're not looking.

First of all you don't know me, so don't go comparing me to whoever you are referring to who got himself eaten. Secondly I never said anything about a natural balance either. I'm not foolish enough to think that we will ever get back to any semblance of a natural balance if there ever was one. I'm also acutely aware of the politics at play and the interest groups involved, I choose however to not to engage in the idea that there is some sort of conspiracy going on, and instead focus my efforts on recruiting new hunters and getting people stoked on being outside. I don't think it makes me any less of a hunter or a person for that matter simply because I like the idea of another large predator roaming around. Call me naive but I'm excited for the possibility of one day going on a North Cascades brown bear hunt.

[Mudman]

Do you think someday you could hunt Grizz here?  Ha, not going to happen, sorry, reality.  How is your wolf hunt going?  Nature is a balance and man is an animal of nature.  We are top of chain and that is why we removed most wolves and grizzly.  When hunting in grizz country we steered clear of where the bear was spotted as much as possible and I will always do that.  I don't want them running all over the darn state nor do I want the wolves.  Many species go extinct in the past and thus it will continue.  Other species will thrive and evolve in their absence.