BC Conservation Data Centre: Conservation Status Report
Ursus arctos
Grizzly Bear
| Scientific Name: | Ursus arctos |
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| English Name: | Grizzly Bear |
| Provincial Status Summary | |
| Status: | S3? |
| Date Status Assigned: | April 28, 2015 |
| Date Last Reviewed: | February 15, 2015 |
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| Range | |
| Range Extent: | Rank Factor not assessed |
| Occurrences & Population | |
| Number of Occurrences: | Rank Factor not assessed |
| Number of Occurrences with Good Viability / Ecological Integrity: | Rank Factor not assessed |
| Number of Occurrences Appropriately Protected & Managed: | Rank Factor not assessed |
| Population Size: | Rank Factor not assessed |
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| Degree of Threat: | Rank Factor not assessed |
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| Short-Term Trend: | Rank Factor not assessed |
| Long-Term Trend: | Rank Factor not assessed |
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| Intrinsic Vulnerability: | Rank Factor not assessed |
| Environmental Specificity: | Rank Factor not assessed |
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Hilderbrand, G.V., Schwartz, C.C., Robbins, C.T., Jacoby, M.E., Hanley, T.A., Arthur, S.M. and Servheen, C., 1999. The importance of meat, particularly salmon, to body size, population productivity, and conservation of North American brown bears. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 77(1), pp.132-138. |
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Master, L. L., D. Faber-Langendoen, R. Bittman, et al. 2012. NatureServe Conservation Status Assessments: Factors for Evaluating Species and Ecosystem Risk. NatureServe, Arlington, VA. |
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Adams, M.S., Levi, T., Bourbonnais, M., Service, C.N., Artelle, K., Bryan, H., Paquet, P., Nelson, T. and Darimont, C.T., 2024. Human disturbance in riparian areas disrupts predator?prey interactions between grizzly bears and salmon. Ecology and evolution, 14(3), p.e11058.
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Banci, V. 1991. Status report on the grizzly bear Ursus arctos horribilis. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). 171 pp.
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Christensen, J.R., MacDuffee, M., Macdonald, R.W., Whiticar, M. and Ross, P.S., 2005. Persistent organic pollutants in British Columbia grizzly bears: consequence of divergent diets. Environmental science & technology, 39(18), pp.6952-6960.
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COSEWIC. 2025. (In prep) COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa.
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Herrero, S., A.H. Weerstra, R.M. Roth, and L. Wiggins. 1993. The conservation significance of bears and their habitat in the Tatshenshini River Valley. Prepared for Can. Wildl. Fed., Ottawa, ON. 26pp. plus appendices.
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iNaturalist community. 2025i. Observations of Ursus arctic from British Columbia, Canada. Exported from www.inaturalist.org on 9 March 2025.
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Levi, T., Hilderbrand, G.V., Hocking, M.D., Quinn, T.P., White, K.S., Adams, M.S., Armstrong, J.B., Crupi, A.P., Darimont, C.T., Deacy, W. and Gilbert, S.L., 2020. Community ecology and conservation of bear-salmon ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, p.513304.
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McLellan, B. N., Mowat, G., Lamb, C. T. 2018. Estimating unrecorded human-caused mortalities of grizzly bears in the Flathead Valley, British Columbia, Canada. PeerJ 6, e5781.
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McLellan, B.N., Mowat, G., Hamilton, T. and Hatter, I., 2017. Sustainability of the grizzly bear hunt in British Columbia, Canada. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 81(2), pp.218-229.
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Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. 1995. A Future for the Grizzly: British Columbia Grizzly Bear Conservation Strategy. B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Victoria, BC. 15pp.
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Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. 1996. B.C. bear facts. B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Victoria, BC. 2pp.
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Ministry of Forests. 1997. Forest Practices Code of British Columbia: Procedures for establishing wildlife habitat areas: Vol. 1, review draft. B.C. Minist. For., B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Victoria, BC.
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Ministry of Forests. 1997. Forest Practices Code of British Columbia: Species and plant community accounts for Identified Wildlife. Vol. 1. B.C. Minist. For., B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Victoria, BC.
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Morgan D, Proctor M, Mowat G, McLellan B., Hamilton T and L. Turney. 2019. Ranking the Conservation Concern of Grizzly Bear Population Units ? 2019. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Victoria, BC. 37 pp.
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Mowat, G. and Heard, D. C. 2006. Major components of grizzly bear diet across North America.Canadian Journal of Zoology. 84. 473?489.
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Mowat, G., C. Conroy, K. Podrasky, D. Morgan, R. Davies, R. MacDonald, E. Chow, C. van Rensen, T. Ayele. 2018. Grizzly Bear Cumulative Effects Assessment Report - Elk Valley, Kootenay-Boundary Region. 56 pp
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Nagorsen, D. 1990. The mammals of British Columbia: a taxonomic catalogue. Mem. No. 4. Royal B.C. Mus., Victoria. 140pp.
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Paquet, M., ed. 1995. Conservation of Grizzly Bears in British Columbia: background report. B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Victoria, BC. 70pp.
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Payton, B. 2024. When a She-Bear Swims Ashore. Hakai Magazine, Sept. 24, 2024.
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Proctor, M.F., B.N. McLellan, G.B. Stenhouse, G. Mowat, C.T. Lamb and M.S. Boyce. 2019. Effects of roads and motorized human access on grizzly bear populations in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. Ursus:16-19.
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Proctor, M.F., Lamb, C.T., Boulanger, J., MacHutchon, A.G., Kasworm, W.F., Paetkau, D., Lausen, C.L., Palm, E.C., Boyce, M.S. and Servheen, C., 2023. Berries and bullets: influence of food and mortality risk on grizzly bears in British Columbia. Wildlife Monographs, 213(1), p.e1078.
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Rausch, R. 1963. Geographic variation in size in North American brown bears, Ursus arctos L., as indicated by condylobasal length. Can. J. Zool. 41:33-45.
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Waits, L.P., S.L. Talbot, R.H. Ward, and G.F.Shields. 1998. Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeography of the North American Brown Bear and Implicaitons for Conservation. Conserv. Biol. 12:408-417.
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for information on how the CDC determines conservation status ranks. For global conservation status reports and ranks, please visit the NatureServe website http://www.natureserve.org/.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Conservation Status Report: Ursus arctos. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Apr 17, 2026).