Grizzly bears are making a comeback – and their return is one of North America’s greatest conservation success stories.

But as bears expand into places they haven’t occupied in generations, new questions emerge. Where do bears belong in the modern West? What does it actually take to share a landscape with a large carnivore? And who bears the costs and responsibilities of recovery?

This season on Working Wild University, we’re traveling from Wyoming ranches to Montana communities, talking with ranchers, wildlife managers, scientists, tribal leaders, conservationists, and the people living and working in bear country every day.

The future of grizzly bears isn’t just about bears. It’s also about us.

Working Wild University is a production of Western Landowners Alliance and Dr. Jared Beaver of Montana State University Extension, and a proud part of Natural Resources University podcast network. 

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Credits

Working Wild University is a production of Western Landowners Alliance and Dr. Jared Beaver of Montana State University Extension, and a proud part of Natural Resources University podcast network. 

Hosted by Hallie Mahowald and Jared Beaver

Produced by Zach Altman

Editing by Kathleen Shannon and Zach Altman

Executive producers: Louis Wertz, Jared Beaver, Hallie Mahowald and Erik Kalsta