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Grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem are on pace to surpass last year's record high.

Drought conditions may be forcing bears into human-populated areas in search of food.

A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House to remove federal protections for Yellowstone-area grizzly bears.

Federal wildlife biologists list 63 Yellowstone ecosystem grizzly bear deaths this year, a count that’s ahead of last year’s pace, when the highest number of mortalities on record was documented.

Last year, there were 77 known and probably grizzly bear mortalities, surpassing the previous record of 70 in both 2021 and 2018. By this time in 2024, 56 of that total number had succumbed, putting this year’s Sept. 13 “provisional” count ahead of last year’s record pace.

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