Environmental
Apr. 19, 2016
Grizzly ruling highlights rise in bear mortality rates
Last month, a judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service got it wrong when it failed to consider the broader consequences of its decision to approve additional grizzly deaths in Grand Teton National Park. By Andrea Santarsiere
When a father and his two sons shot and killed a federally protected grizzly bear they had come upon in Grand Teton National Park during a 2012 Thanksgiving Day elk hunt, it triggered a series of decisions that demonstrate the complexities of trying to balance the needs of grizzlies with a growing human presence.
As grizzlies' traditional foods - including whitebark pinecone seeds and cutthroat trout - are disappearing ...
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