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(Runtime 0:55) There could be updates to how grizzly bears are categorized under the Endangered Species Act. However, grizzlies would still be considered…

(Runtime 0:58)Grizzly bears will be brought into Washington’s North Cascades. After more than 30 years of work, the federal government decided on a plan…

(Runtime 1:15) Neary 150 people packed into the annex building at the Okanogan County Fairgrounds to give federal leaders a piece of their minds about…

(Runtime 0:57)Federal officials are considering several possibilities to bring grizzly bears to Washington’s North Cascades. These agencies would like to…

(Runtime 0:56)The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission denied two petitions for a spring black bear hunting season next year.The commission paused…

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will reconsider a controversial spring bear hunt that the commission had recently postponed.

Spring bear hunts in Washington are postponed for 2022, following a vote of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission in a meeting on Friday.

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will hear a report Friday on potential changes to the 2022 spring bear hunt season.

They went pound for pound, gut to gut. Coming into the final round, both animals had fervent support online. But in the end, 480 Otis was crowned the winner of the Fat Bear Week tournament — a competition made all the more unique by the fact that none of its entrants have any idea it exists.

It's the bear body-positive competition you didn't know you needed. The results are in. And this year's winner in Katmai National Park and Reserve's annual "fattest bear" contest is 409 Beadnose.