American Grizzly Food SUPPLY

1. American GrizzlyFood SUPPLY By Joshua Godinez Freshmen: Anthropology Major

2. Getting to Know the Brown Bear (Grizzly) FACTS RELATING TO FOOD CONSUMPTION: Male grizzly bears usually stand about 7 feet tall and weigh from 300 to 1500 pounds. ***EATING HABITS/DIETS - vegetation - fish - occasional small game animals.

3. Known Habitats: food sources Rivers Forests *Plains

4. FACTORS that affect Food Supply Several factors affect the region -Human Growth and production - Climate The after affect of such is the grizzly reduce to certain areas.

5. Focus Yellowstone National Park “ American Grizzly “

6. HOW DO THEY FIT IN INTO STUCTURED NATURE?

7. What has happened to the Grizzly? Right now today, only 1% of the grizzlies are living in their former habitats. The grizzly's most common threat is humans. Grizzly bears are often killed by vehicles such as cars, trucks and trains. They are also hunted by humans. Without our help these animal will soon be extinct.

8. Extinction of Grizzly Bears due to Human Interaction in California Ana Kuznecova CSE Major Writing 1 Professor Shirley Kahlert

9. As many as 10,000 of these great bears inhabited California, when the first settlers, the Spaniards came ashore. Many of these settlers considered the grizzlies to be a liability to their homestead thus went on a genocide to purge their lands of what they perceived as a threat.

10. During the gold rush, the miners discovered that griz meat could be quite savory, many at the time described the meat to be the finest meat they have ever eaten, so tender and juicy

11. The grizzly's fur provided the frontiers men with warmth and protection from the harsh environment. The large hides were in demand as buggy robes, and for bedding in the rough miner's cabins.

12. Hunters quickly learned that it often took more than one shot to down a grizzly, as depicted in the 1850s lithograph. In this fght one badly mauled shooter needed help from two friends to "win" the death struggle with a large griz.

13. In 1867 the settlers came up with a new approach of murdering the grizzlies, by poisoning them. The cattlemen and sheepherders took strychnine, and insert it into a 3 to 4 pound fresh piece of beef. Then the cattlemen would drag a part of the beef for 2 or 3 miles around the country attracting the bears then placing the poisoned meat on the bear trail.

14. In early 1900s, farmers expanded into the hillside area where grizzlies mainly thrived destroying their habitat and eliminating their food sources. The creation of dams also added on to the destruction

15. Human’s role in the extinction of the California grizzly. Itzayana Hermosillo Political Science Major Writing 1 Dr. Shirley Kahlert

16. 500 years ago grizzly bears once roamed the Golden Coast abundantly.Today, we can only find remnants of their travels.

17. The variety of food available in California kept the grizzly happy but it caused competition between humans and bears.

18. Humans used grizzly bears as a form of entertainment and caused the grizzly population to decrease faster.

19. As human population grew, so did the need for land expansion. Humans relocated grizzly bears farther into the mountains as far away from civilization.

21. Consequences of Extinction of the Grizzly Bear Omar Herrera Biology Major Dr. Shirley Kahlert Writing 01

22. Forest Ecosystems • Grizzly Bears served as seed dispersers and nutrient providers. • Seeds • Scat and urine • No more bears= less successful forest ecosystems.

23. Forest Ecosystems Cont.. • Grizzlies increase species richness and nitrogen availability • Stirring up soil • salmon carcass dispersal. • Extinction of Grizzlies reduces nitrogen availability /species richness

24. Forest Ecosystems Cont.. • Grizzlies regulate prey populations • Foxes, wolves • Decreased plant density

25. Evils of Humans • Extinction of Grizzly Bears show the damage humans inflict on the environment

26. Monarch the Grizzly Bears • Kept in captivity until the day he died.