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Originally Posted by JJolg
Bs the original study said 934 bears not counting Jasper, Banff and a whole bunch of North eastern Alberta. 5 years of studies to ignore major portions of bear habitat makes a lot of sense
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That’s not what this says:
Historically, Alberta is estimated to have had 6-9,000 grizzly bears which ranged extensively across the province and well into Saskatchewan and Manitoba. With the disappearance of the plains grizzly in the late 1800’s, grizzly bears are now largely extirpated or transient throughout most of their historical range in Alberta, and currently reside within the Rocky Mountain and Foothills Natural Regions. Alberta’s current population estimate is between 856 and 973 bears….
2021
On March 31, Results of a province-wide DNA census are released, giving an estimated total population of between 865 and 973 grizzlies in Alberta. This is the first census that has been undertaken across the entire province; earlier counts were performed in a subset of BMAs (Bear Management Areas) with population estimates for other areas extrapolated from that more limited census. While the number is higher than previously estimated in some areas, it is still far below the population figure of 1,489 that AWA believes should be the minimum threshold before any upgrading of their conservation status is considered.