Critical Habitat and Other Resource Programs in Relation to Grizzly Bear Management

January 1, 1980

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The Endangered Species Act (1973) and the classification of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) as 'Threatened' (1 September 1975) directed the Forest Service to delineate critical habitat of the grizzly bear. Critical habitat is any area necessary for the maintenance and survival of a species during any part of its life cycle. Evaluation of resource programs in terms of their actual and potential impacts on the grizzly within its critical habitat boundaries is required, based on a good understanding of grizzly habitat components. Coordination among biologists, sociologists, and economists is a prerequisite to comprehensive grizzly management. The Forest Service believes that integration of grizzly habitat needs and resource programs is possible but that the final decision on a goal statement is societal.

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