Grizzly Bears
Two decades after the George W. Bush administration torpedoed grizzly restoration in the Bitterroot, the bears are returning on their own.
The brown bears could lose protections in the northern Rocky Mountains.
Grizzly bears are vital components of healthy ecosystems and an important keystone species.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Beloved bear was 25 years old.
Hunters nearly exterminated the bears in the 1900s.