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Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Monday. This is Seattle now. Grizzly bears

are coming back to Washington State with some help from federal wildlife agencies. Local ecologists have been pushing for Grizzly's reintroduction for decades.

It's bigger than ourselves. It's bigger than any one of us.

And it's a huge opportunity to get this right in a way that the world can admire as a conservation success story.

But not everyone agrees, especially in communities that border the North Cascades National Park, where the bears will be released.

We'll dig into the reintroduction and the tension it's introduced in a minute.

But first, here's what's coming up this week.

Mayor Bruce Harrell plans to be at Garfield High School tomorrow night for a community forum on safety in Seattle.

He'll be joined by representatives from SPD, Seattle Fire, and the city's Department of Transportation.

Attendees will rotate in small groups in an effort to engage directly with city leaders.

Start time is 6 p.m.

How you doing? No, really? How are you doing? May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

Maybe consider this an opportunity to check in with yourself, and the people you care about will drop a link to some resources from the county in the show notes. And remember,

the crisis hotline number is 988. And nothing like a furry friend to get you through a tough

time. Tuesday is National Adopt-A- Shelter Pet Day. If you listen to the show, you know. Regional

shelters have been hitting their capacity. Tomorrow, King County's

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