The California grizzly bear, an awesome beast that once haunted the Delta, was driven to extinction in 1924. An enviro group wants to re-introduce them to the California wilds.
"Returning these incredible animals to remote portions of the state would be a key step in rewilding parts of California and saving one of America's most iconic animals," says The Center for Biological Diversity.
The group has launched a pointed advertising campaign. It uses a blank California flag — there's just white space where the grizzly should be.
I support the idea. Crazy as it sounds.
Part of it is personal. How can I call myself a wilderness hiker if I reject real wilderness? Part of it is — well, it's hypocrisy to heap contempt on water exporters who drove the San Joaquin River salmon extinct if we're OK with extinctions that suit us. Part of it is they belong here. Up in the back country, the remote Sierra canyons, the snowy gorges of granite, pine and icy streams where they lived long before we arrived. That's better than flying a blank white flag.
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