As someone who lives (with two small boys) in the Methow at the doorstep to NCNP. I’m with u/CnD123 on this one.

Have you ever hiked in Glacier NP u/juiceboxzero? I ask because it’s a very different feel than the cascades, “higher consequences” for lack of attention in the backcountry for one. It’s fun to be in that environment but certainly not something I want to deal with on a daily basis. As someone else stated, black bear are docile, they know their place and rarely cause issues. I ran one off our property (it was eating apples off our tree) just a few weeks ago. Griz are different, they know they’re the top of the food chain. There’s almost certain to be human griz conflict. Guess who’s on the hook when that happens? The federal assassins who’s job it is to hunt and kill any bear that becomes too comfortable around humans (ie. thinks they’re top of the food chain).

I get the sense you are ok with this because you won’t be affected by it. I assume you would feel different if you had experience hiking around griz AND were faced with them reintroduced in your back yard for no functional reason other than “they used to be here many decades ago and it would be nice”. Where does that logic end? There’s no way to change all the ills humans have brought upon this earth by reintroducing griz to NCNP. Unfortunately..