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  • Grizzly bears to remain protected under Endangered Species Act

    Robert Chaney, Montana Free Press|Jan 15, 2025

    All grizzly bears in the Lower 48 United States would be federally managed as a single population under a proposed U.S Fish and Wildlife Service rule released on Wednesday. That DPS, or distinct population segment, would retain the grizzly's threatened status under the Endangered Species Act and reject petitions from the states of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming to delist the bears. In its Wednesday announcement, FWS said it found the states' petitions "not warranted" for the two largest...