What is the difference between “augmentation” and “re-introduction” as those words are used in discussions of grizzly bear recovery?
Augmentation refers to adding animals to an existing grizzly bear population. For example, grizzly bear population augmentation has occurred in the Cabinet Mountains of Montana. Re-introduction refers to relocating grizzly bears into an area previously inhabited, but no longer occupied, by grizzly bears.
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