Protection plan coming for threatened Alberta grizzlies, province says

The Alberta government says a long-awaited plan to help protect grizzly bears and their habitat is nearly ready, two years after the draft was completed.
“Grizzly bears need large tracks of contiguous habitat in order to recover,” Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips said Wednesday. “We need to strike the balance in terms of what the priorities of the province are right now.”
She said conservation strategies already in place have focused on minimizing cont