The Conservation Biology Alternative for Grizzly Bear Population Restoration in the Greater Salmon-Selway Region Central Idaho and Western Montana

VIII. ADDITIONAL HABITAT RESEARCH

Under this alternative, additional research will be initiated and completed by the Scientific Committee established in Section 10. Research will focus on habitat types, quality, and distribution throughout the proposed population recovery zone and shall include the Corridor Special Management Area established under this alternative. The remainder of the population recovery zone will be satellite-mapped in detail as described by Craighead et al. (1982), Craighead and Craighead (1991) and Craighead (1995).

This research shall develop a grizzly bear habitat suitability analysis as well as an estimated carrying capacity of grizzly bears within the proposed population recovery area. This research will build upon habitat analysis completed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Selway-Bitterroot region. The research will include an analysis of spring, summer, and fall habitat components, bear use patterns, as well as human access, expected human use, and mortality risk factors.

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