[text on back]    Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos

Grizzlies are at home in the Yukon and Alaska. The continent's healthiest populations and highest concentrations of grizzly bears are found here, many in protected wilderness areas created to help preserve bear habitat. Grizzlies are often viewed along river banks and roadsides, where they forage for roots and plants. By late August bears are gorging on ripe berries - gaining an average of one kg (over two pounds) per day - in preparation to spend more than half of the year in hibernation.