Court upholds protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears
Source: The Hill
Court upholds protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears
BY RACHEL FRAZIN - 07/08/20 04:24 PM EDT
A federal court on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision reversing a Trump administration policy that eliminated protections for grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park.
A three-judge panel agreed with a prior ruling that the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) acted contrary to the best available science in its determination that grizzly bears near the park would no longer be listed as a threatened species.
FWS delisted grizzlies in 2017, affecting about 700 bears in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
At that time, proponents said that increases in bear populations, conservation efforts and state protection policies justified delisting the creature. However, opponents said that threatened species protections were still necessary because it was too soon to tell if Yellowstone grizzlies had recovered.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/506446-court-upholds-protections-for-yellowstone-grizzly-bears
Hat tip, the Washington Post
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What this means, among other things: No grizzly trophy hunts in Montana, Wyoming or Idaho anytime soon.
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Yellowstone-area grizzlies - threatened by cars, development, climate change - retain protections after a unanimous 9th Circuit ruling upholds this 2018 lower court decision. The Interior Department has argued the bears are recovered.
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