Officials said that conservation efforts for the bear, a more than fourfold increase in its population and state policies created to protect the bears show that the delisting is warranted.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service actually delisted the grizzlies in 2007, but a federal judge overturned the ruling and put grizzly bears back on the list. "This is great news for Wyoming". Nuvamsa's comments were circulated by Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who said he would introduce legislation to protect all grizzly bears, listed or not.
"Inadequate requirements for healthy bear populations, combined with hostile state management practices threaten to reverse the progress made toward bear recovery", said Michael Brune, the Sierra Club's executive director, in an emailed statement. In March 2016, the FWS published a draft rule to delist grizzly bears in the GYE.
The bears and humans used to interact a lot more. Those states have submitted management plans that have been approved, and will follow strict regulations to keep a viable population of above 600 bears, Hogan said. In 2013, I asked Secretary Salazar to delist the grizzly bears and much work toward this end has been done.
Byrd says the coalition does not to see the bears hunted, which state wildlife managers indicated is a possibility.
After 42 years, Yellowstone grizzly bears are set to lose federal protection.
Yellowstone grizzly bears have been on the U.S. Endangered Species list for more than 40 years, after its population initially declined to fewer than 150.
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The various government agencies agreed to a conservation strategy in December that lines out the allowable discretionary mortality for grizzly bears each year, a number that is calculated based on the year's population estimate. "We will closely review the final rule to ensure there are adequate protections for grizzly bears". Hunting down grizzly bears inside Yellowstone is still banned, but limited hunting will be allowed in three states outside the boundaries. As an avid backpacker, hiker and fisherman, I know firsthand the importance of conservation to Montana.
The decision would not affect the other major population of grizzlies in the lower 48 states, like the 1,000 that live in and around Glacier National Park in Montana. Thanks to the team effort, grizzlies will be managed appropriately by our experts at game and fish.
Preso said this shift brings bears down from high altitude habitats to valleys, and conflicts with livestock and hunters increase. So this is definitely not the last that we're going to be hearing about the grizzly.
Grizzlies have been protected since 1975, when there were just 136 bears in and around Yellowstone, across all continental U.S. states except Alaska.
"It's a purely political decision devoid of any scientific support", according to a statement from the Western Environmental Law Center.
At least 123 Native American tribes, for whom grizzlies have cultural and spiritual significance, have signed a treaty opposing the removal of grizzly protections, saying federal officials did not take their views into account.
Sylvia Fallon, senior scientist for the National Resources Defense Council, said: "The only certainty about grizzlies at this point is that the bears face a future of uncertainty".
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