The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declined petitions from Wyoming and Montana to delist grizzly bears as endangered despite the animals’ population boom becoming a threat for ranchers.
The agency delivered the ruling Wednesday, frustrating House Republicans who’ve urged the Biden administration to eliminate protections on the bears which have more than doubled their recovery goals for delisting.
“The USFWS’s refusal to delist the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear is just the latest example of the agency’s utter failure to follow the intent and purpose of the [Endangered Species Act],” Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., told The Federalist.
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Hageman was an original sponsor of legislation to delist the bears as endangered in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, where grizzlies have multiplied and tripled their
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