# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2024-05-03 · Effective 2024-06-03 · 89 FR 36982
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-09136
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **State:** WA
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 36982
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2024-05-03
- **Effective date:** 2024-06-03
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2023-0074
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), establish a nonessential experimental population (NEP) of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) within the U.S. portion of the North Cascades Ecosystem (NCE) in the State of Washington under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act or ESA). Establishment of this NEP is intended to support reintroduction and recovery of grizzly bears within the NCE and provide the prohibitions and exceptions under the Act necessary and appropriate to conserve the species within a defined NEP area. The geographic boundary of the NEP includes most of the State of Washington except for an area in northeastern Washington that encompasses the Selkirk Ecosystem Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone. The best available data indicate that reintroduction of the grizzly bear to the NCE, within the NEP area, is biologically feasible and will promote the conservation of the species.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/03/2024-09136/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-establishment-of-a-nonessential-experimental)
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