As was the case for other large carnivores in the lower 48 United States, by the 1960s grizzly bears were nearly extinct.
Island Press Field Notes
They went into the muslin bags easily as we freed them one by one from under the heavy net. Some were stunned, frozen, immobile; others struggled between the strands, exploding with powerful wings when handled. I was a tag-along, a newbie, an invited...
