Grizzly bears still trapped in their own end zone
Contrary to Dale Jorgenson’s assertions in his Jan. 18, 2024 letter, “Grizzly bear population out of control,” we do not have “way too many grizzly bears in this country,” we are not “being over-run with grizzlies,” and we should not delist the grizzlies so we can “start hunting them again to thin out their numbers.”
On the whole, grizzly bears are still limited to about 2% of their former numbers and 2% of their former range.
These are roughly the same conditions under which they were listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act in 1975. Under a return to Montana management and hunting, the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem’s 1,163 bears will be allowed to decline to nearly 800!
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