Wyoming considers grizzly hunt

[Lee Borgersen]

    Wyoming considers grizzly hunt after Trump team took bear off endangered list.

By Washington Post on Mar 21, 2018 at 9:07 a.m.

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It might soon be grizzly bear hunting season in Wyoming.
In the wake of a Trump administration decision last summer to remove the bear from the endangered species list, the state is considering considering allowing hunters to kill up to two dozen Yellowstone-area bears.

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It would be the first grizzly bear hunt in the Lower 48 states since the icons of the Western United States were put on the endangered species list in 1975.
The prospect of a new hunting season for grizzlies has long been a source of controversy among residents near and patrons of Yellowstone National Park as the grizzly population has recovered to about 700 members in the area.

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Anti-hunting advocates, including many environmental and Native American groups, contend the bear is still under threat from broad changes to the Yellowstone ecosystem. But as their numbers increased, hunting advocates and the state's Wyoming Game and Fish Department point out, so have conflicts ranging from raided garbage cans to stalked livestock.

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Moving the grizzly off the endangered species list, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said last June, was "one of America's great conservation successes." Yet the decision meant the species could once again be hunted in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
The Obama administration initially proposed taking the grizzly off the endangered list in 2016 before delaying a final decision after receiving a flood of more than 650,000 public comments on the proposal.

More broadly under President Donald Trump, the federal Fish and Wildlife Service has declined dozens of petitions to list a number of species as endangered or threatened, including several linked to climate change. Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers want to rewrite to the Endangered Species Act in ways that empower states in listing decisions and make other reforms.

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While grizzlies within Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks remain protected, those that stray outside now fall under the jurisdiction of state wildlife managers. Wyoming opened a comment period on the proposed grizzly hunt last week. A final decision is expected by May.
Wyoming's proposal for its first grizzly hunt in 43 years would take "a very conservative approach," according to Wyoming Game and Fish Department spokesperson Renny MacKay.

Licensed hunters would be allowed to take only a total of 12 bears - only two of which can be female - within the "demographic monitoring area" deemed suitable grizzly habitat surrounding Yellowstone and Grand Teton. Further from the parks, hunters can kill another 12 bears.

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[glenn57]

Trump wouldnt know a grizzly bear from a tweety bird! just annudder STORMY, mess he's gettin into!!!!!!

[Lee Borgersen]

Trump wouldnt know a grizzly bear from a tweety bird! just annudder STORMY, mess he's gettin into!!!!!!

     My name is Glenn and I approve a dis statement!


    Wait a minute...did I jest say dat?

[Rebel SS]

Trump wouldnt know a grizzly bear from a tweety bird! just annudder STORMY, mess he's gettin into!!!!!!

Dere's dat SEX THING again!!!!     

[glenn57]

HUH!!!!!!!!!!!

[Leech~~]

Great hope the Wolfy be next!