A Montana federal judge temporarily blocked a planned grizzly bear hunt near Yellowstone National Park while he weighs the merits of a lawsuit seeking to bar hunting of the iconic animal.
Environment
Historic Cabinet-Yaak Grizzly Migration Highlights Management Challenges
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Environment
States, Feds agree to at least 600 Yellowstone-area grizzlies
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by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com | Dec. 7, 2015
The country’s top wildlife official wrote state game chiefs in September agreeing the Yellowstone-area grizzly bear population could decline to 600 — 114 fewer than today’s count of 714 — once federal protections are lifted.
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Tester slips forest initiative into massive Senate spending bill
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It’s official. Sen. Jon Tester got his Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, now entitled “Montana Forest Jobs and Restoration Initiative” (see page 893), inserted into the $1.1 trillion Senate omnibus spending bill.