The Grizzly Gulch is a wildlife refuge being created by kids for creatures. Read the story of Grizzly Gulch, step by step.

August, 1997 - Chris and Martin receive a letter and a check for $3.19 cents from Katie O'Connor asking the brothers to use the money to save animals.

October, 1998 - Inspired by Katie and letters from other cool creature-loving kids, Chris and Martin set-up the Kratt Brothers Creature Hero Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering kids to help creatures.

June, 1999 - Chris and Martin launch Kratt Brothers Creature Hero Tour 1999! They do a live show in 10 cities. Over 100,000 kids and parents come out to see them. Zoos donate $1 for each person who comes out. In that way kids raise $120,000 for Creature Hero Fund. The question is "What creatures will this money help?"

August, 1999 - Chris and Martin ask kids around the country "What North American animals do you want to save?" Kids send in their answers via letters and e-mail. Grizzly bears, gray wolves, and panthers top the list - with grizzly bears getting the most votes!

September, 1999 - Chris and Martin, with the help of The Nature Conservancy of Montana, start looking for some land we can protect as a home for wild grizzly bears. They creature adventure through remote wilderness areas looking for that perfect spot..

October, 1999 - Eureka! The brothers discover an amazing grizzly bear spot nestled between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains. Mother grizzlies love it as a place to safely raise their new born cubs. The problem is, the land costs over $1,000,000. The Kratt Brothers Creature Heroes have raised $120,000 so far - an excellent start, but not enough! Land developers are looking at the land -they'd ruin it for the grizzlies! Un-oh! The pressure is on!

November, 1999 - The Kratt Brothers Creature Hero Society receives a loan of over $1 million. Chris, Martin, and the Creature Heroes purchase the land and name it Grizzly Gulch a Kratt Brothers Creaturefuge! But now we have to raise the money to pay back the loan, so Grizzly Gulch can be saved for all time.

June, 2000 - Old Navy comes in to help. This company sponsors a 10 city zoo tour called Kratt Brothers Zoo Tour 2000. Old Navy donates $2 for each person who comes to see the Kratt Brother's show and sells special hats and T-shirts. The really cool thing is, over 150,000 kids and parents turn-out and over half a million dollars is raised! The action of kids made this fund-raising possible.

July , 2000 - A one-year old grizzly bear cub wanders too close to a town. State bear biologists catch him and look for a place to release him into the wilderness. Chris and Martin say, "Grizzly Gulch is the perfect spot!" The brothers release the young grizzly onto the land.

December, 2000 - Kids do their own fund-raising!

January, 2001 - A herd of over 400 elk winter on Grizzly Gulch!