Department of the Interior Proposes Turning Grizzly Bear Management over to States

Department of the Interior proposes turning grizzly bear management over to states

On July 14, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum was in Bozeman, Mont., to officially announce the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) proposed change to the protective regulations of the grizzly bear under section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act.…

State management of grizzlies would be a disaster

Grizzlies make the landscapes we share feel larger, wilder and more alive. They deserve more than bare-minimum population objectives, write guest columnists Chris Kassar and Ryan Kempfer.

Writers on the Range: States must not determine the fate of ...

It’s no secret that grizzly bears in the Lower 48 live close to the edge of extinction. Now, with little explanation and almost no time for the public to respon...

States Must Not Determine the Fate of Grizzlies

It's no secret that grizzly bears in the Lower 48 live close to the edge of extinction. Now, with little explanation and almost no time for the public to respond, the Trump administration and three Western governors have proposed to make it easier for states to authorize the killing of these bears. The federal proposal would change regulations that now protect grizzly bears under the...