SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says the federal government is moving forward with plans to restore grizzly bears in the remote North Cascade Mountains of Washington.
Zinke made the announcement in Skagit County Friday during a visit to the North Cascades National Park’s headquarters in Sedro-Woolley.
An environmental review has been underway after it was proposed in 2014, but there have been questions about whether it would continue.
American Indian tribes and conservationists have pushed for grizzly restoration in the North Cascades for decades.