Interior Dept declines to reimplement grizzly protections near Yellowstone: report

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill


BY MAX GREENWOOD - 04/28/18 09:29 PM EDT

The Interior Department will not restore longstanding federal protections for grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park.

The decision disregards a federal appeals court ruling that said that the Interior Department needed to consider how species' recoveries were affected by the loss of their habitats, The Associated Press reported.

That case involved gray wolves in the Great Lakes region. Both grizzly bear and gray wolf populations have recovered somewhat from the threat of extermination, but exist largely outside historical habitats.

The Interior Department's decision comes as some states are planning public hunts of grizzly bears in the Yellowstone area.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/385370-interior-dept-declines-to-reimplement-grizzly-protections-near

[OhNo-Really]

1. I thought Mama grizzlies voted for Trump?

[sinkingfeeling]

2. More lawsuits. More money to Defenders of Wildlife, NRDC, and Sierra.

[Mendocino]

3. Zinke

is from Montana. Can't having those pesky bears interfering with his hunting posse.