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# Grizzlies
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/mossbacks-northwest-2/episode/grizzlies-p7gdrz/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:57:59.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-10T11:08:03.000Z
- Description: Grizzly bears once roamed the Cascades. Where are they now?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Mossback's Northwest, Season 8, Episode 2, #ZZZ_Episode_775c2d48-62ba-441c-a7c1-b1915cf1c46c, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_50744e68-2011-417f-9f73-f880b010d33f, #v1.16

Grizzlies once roamed the American west, from Alaska to the Southwest. Today the bears are rarely seen in Washington state. For years hundreds of grizzlies lived in the remote wilderness of the North Cascades but now, with sightings so rare, the U.S. government may reintroduce them to this isolated region. What is the history of Northwest grizzlies and what happened to them?