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CONTACTS FOR STATE AND FEDERAL MANAGEMENT AGENCIES

How can you help ensure that grizzly bears flourish? Speak up!

 

Talk to your friends and family, and make sure your representatives are making good decisions. By voicing your concerns — via social media or, better yet, directly to agencies or your elected officials — you send a message that you care about grizzlies and the wild places they live.

 

See this page for background on being an effective advocate and the most pressing challenges facing grizzlies.

US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior

Department of the Interior

1849 C St NW

Washington, DC 20240

202-208-3100

Contact: https://www.doi.gov/contact-us/

INTERAGENCY GRIZZLY BEAR COMMITTEE

Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC)

USDA Forest Service

Federal Building - 200 East Broadway

Missoula, MT 59802

406-329-3434

igbc@igbconline.org

INTERGENCY GRIZZLY BEAR STUDY TEAM

Frank T. van Manen, Team Leader

406-994-5043
fvanmanen@usgs.gov

US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE

Martha Williams, Director

Fish and Wildlife Service   

1849 C St.,

NW Washington, DC 20240

202-208-5634

https://www.fws.gov/duspit/contactus.htm

 

 

Hilary Cooley, Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator

Fish and Wildlife Service

University of Montana

University Hall, Room 309

Missoula, MT 59812-1120

406-243-4903

hilary_cooley@fws.gov

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Yellowstone National Park

Cameron (Cam) Sholly, Superintendent

P.O. Box 168

Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190-0168

307- 344-2002

Yell_Superintendent@nps.gov

 

Glacier National Park

Kate Hammond, Acting Superintendent
PO Box 1
West Glacier, MT 59936

406-888-7800

glac_questions@nps.gov

 

Grand Teton National Park

Chip Jenkins, Superintendent 

P.O. Box 249

Moose, WY 83012

307- 732-0629.

director@gtnpf.org

US FOREST SERVICE

The Forest Service is a behemoth organization. Forests in Region 1 comprise most of the grizzly bear habitat in the Northern Rockies. Region 2 and Region 4 also manages some grizzly bear habitat.

 

Contacts for individual forests with grizzly bear habitat can be found here: 

Region 1: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r1/about-region/offices

 

Region 2: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r2/about-region

https://www.fs.usda.gov/organization

 

Region 4: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r4/about-region/overview

MONTANA FISH WILDLIFE AND PARKS

Henry "Hank" Worsech, Director

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

1420 East Sixth Avenue

P.O. Box 200701

Helena, MT 59620-0701

406-444-3186

fwpgen@mt.gov

 

For information on MONTANA Fish Wildlife and Parks Commission meetings

https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/commission

WYOMING FISH & GAME DEPARTMENT

Brian Nesvik, Director
5400 Bishop Boulevard
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82006
307-777-6000

 

For information on WYOMING Game and Fish Commission meetings

https://wgfd.wyo.gov/about-us/game-and-fish-commission

IDAHO FISH & GAME DEPARMENT

Ed Schriever, Director

P.O. Box 25

Boise, ID 83707

208-334-3700

idfginfo@idfg.idaho.gov

 

For information on IDAHO Game and Fish Commission meetings

https://idfg.idaho.gov/about/commission/schedule

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Listen to interviews with fascinating and diverse people—scientists, business people, advocates, artists, authors, managers, and others—who share their stories and insights about grizzlies and their ecosystems, current events, and more. Louisa Willcox of Grizzly Times interviews diverse experts with decades of experience working to save grizzlies and restore a sense of the sacred of the wild.

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