Feds say no to grizzly delisting
A grizzly bear eyes a ground squirrel and a hiker in Northwest Montana. (Chris Peterson photo)
Federal officials said last week they would not remove protections for grizzly bears.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced their decision Jan. 8. Montana and Wyoming sought a delisting of the animals in the Greater Yellowstone (GYE) and Northern Continental Divide Ecosystems (NCDE) in an attempt to return management of them to the states.
Grizzlies have been classified as a threatened species since 1975 in the Lower 48 states under the Endangered Species Act.
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