the quote function seemes to be on the fritz.Grizzly bear population in the Continental U.S.A. according to Wikipedia:"Continental United States[edit] Only about 1,500 grizzlies are left in the lower 48 states of the US.[20] Of these, about 800 live in Montana.[21] About 600 more live in Wyoming, in the Yellowstone-Teton area.[22] There are an estimated 70–100 grizzly bears living in northern and eastern Idaho. Its original range included much of the Great Plains and the southwestern states, but it has been extirpated in most of those areas. Combining Canada and the United States, grizzly bears inhabit approximately half the area of their historical range.[7] In September 2007, a hunter produced evidence of one bear in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness ecosystem, by killing a male grizzly bear there.[23] In the North Cascades ecosystem of northern Washington grizzly bear populations are estimated to be less than 20 bears and only one sighting of a grizzly bear in the last 10 years has been recorded.[24] There is the possibility that grizzlies may begin repopulating in Colorado, although there has been no confirmed sighting of a grizzly in that state since 1979.[25]"Cheers