The grizzly bears have made an incredible comeback since 1993 and should soon be delisted. However, at the moment, they still need to be federally protected under the Endangered Species Act. Criterion 1’s requirements were met since the population maintained 48 females with cubs of the year during two consecutive years. In doing so, a population of 500 grizzly bears or more maintained. The lambda requirements were also met because it has been consistently greater than or equal to one in the past few years. In criterion 2, only fourteen out of eighteen areas met the required bear population for females in six consecutive years causing the criterion to not be fulfilled. Each separate grizzly bear population satisfied criterion 3 except for the
