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The comment period just opened for the proposal to keep grizzlies in the Northern Rockies classified as “threatened” — with some tweaks to how they are managed.
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Environmentalists are applauding the much-anticipated decision from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but there is a catch.
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Grizzly advocates want the species to be treated as one “metapopulation” — rather than separate islands throughout the Northern Rockies.
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It includes critical habitat designations for the first time in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado and New Mexico.
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Conservationists and tribes in the Mountain West say they intend to sue the federal government if it doesn’t take steps to protect a rare snail that is threatened by a proposed lithium mine.
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More than 60 grizzlies have been struck by trains in Montana and Idaho over the last 15 years. Some say warning systems could help.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is spending nearly $10 million on projects that restore the sagebrush ecosystem in the West, which is shrinking due to development and climate change.
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The states recently relocated two bears in an effort to strengthen the Yellowstone population’s bloodlines. Experts say this move has a lot to do with politics and less to do with science.
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Wyoming has slammed the delay, saying the state is ready now to assume management for the bears. But, according to conservation groups, the population hasn’t fully rebounded.
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Conservationists are urging patience and warning that removing any of the 11 wolves in Colorado so early in the voter-mandated restoration could hurt the chances of success.