In 2016, Alagona formed the California Grizzly Research Network, a multidisciplinary initiative made up of more than two dozen academics ranging from geneticists to historians, to respond, in part, to the public's growing interest in grizzlies. The group started by asking some practical questions that would need answers before any reintroduction: Where would the grizzlies come from? What would they eat? Where would they live? How might they affect the modern environment? How would they be