Remember when carbon dioxide was going to cause drastic declines in the Yellowstone grizzly population? Never mind

2009: U.S. Court Rules Yellowstone Grizzlies Are 'Threatened' - NYTimes.com

In a 46-page decision issued in Montana District Court, Judge Donald W. Molloy ruled that existing regulatory mechanisms outside the E.S.A. were inadequate to protect the bears, and that the Fish and Wildlife Service failed to adequately consider the impacts of global warming and other factors on food sources for the grizzly.
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Judge Molloy also pointed to the decline of whitebark pine nuts, a key source of nutrition for the Yellowstone populations of grizzly bears, concluding that the science relied on by the Fish and Wildlife Service “does not support its conclusion that declines in the availability of whitebark pine will not negatively affect grizzly bears.”

Although the decision can be appealed by the Fish and Wildlife Service, Doug Honnold, an attorney with Earthjustice, an environmental law firm representing the plaintiffs, was optimistic.

“Now that Yellowstone grizzlies are again listed as a threatened species, the federal government can develop a new recovery plan for their protection that takes into account the ravages of global warming,” Mr. Honnold said.

[October 2010]: Yellowstone grizzly population is at its highest in decades - latimes.com

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Grizzly bear numbers in and around Yellowstone National Park have hit their highest level in decades, driving increased conflicts with humans as some bears push out of deep wilderness and into populated areas.

Scientists from a multi-agency research team announced Wednesday that at least 603 grizzlies now roam the Yellowstone area of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. That's more than three times the number in 1975, when hunting was outlawed and the species placed on the endangered list.

But more bears also means more run-ins with humans -- although bear biologists are quick to point out that visitors to the region are more likely to die in a vehicle crash than a grizzly mauling.

Two people have been killed by grizzlies in the Yellowstone region this year: one west of Cody, Wyo., and another near Cooke City, Mont.

[July 7, 2011] Griz sow kills man in Yellowstone Park | Great Falls Tribune | greatfallstribune.com

Yellowstone and nearby surrounding areas are home at least 600 grizzlies and some say more than 1,000. Once rare to behold, grizzlies have become an almost routine cause of curious tourists lining up at Yellowstone's roadsides at the height of summer season.