PINEDALE, Wyoming–The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing a decision to strip some grizzly bears of federal protections after a court ruling found flaws with a formula used to delist Great Lakes wolves, officials said on Wednesday, Dec. 6.
A similar method was used in the agency’s decision earlier this year to strip grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park of Endangered Species Act protections. The move was formally proposed in March 2016 under the Obama administration based on findings by the Department of the Interior that the bears’ numbers have rebounded sufficiently in recent decades.
