Montana seeks to end protections for Glacier-area grizzlies

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FILE - A grizzly bear walks through a back country campsite in Montana's Glacier National Park, on Aug. 3, 2014. Montana is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lift threatened species protections for more than 1,000 grizzly bears in the northern part of the state, including in and around Glacier. (Doug Kelley/The Spokesman-Review via AP, File)

In this 2019 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. Grizzly bears are slowly expanding in the northern Rocky Mountains but scientists say they need continued protections and have concluded no other areas of the country would be suitable for the fearsome animals. The Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, released its first assessment in almost a decade on the status of grizzly bears in the contiguous U.S. (Joe Lieb/USFWS via AP)

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a grizzly bear just north of the National Elk Refuge in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. Grizzly bears are slowly expanding the turf they roam in the northern Rocky Mountains but scientists say they need continued protections, They have also concluded that no other areas of the country would be suitable for the fearsome animals. The Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, released its first assessment in nearly a decade on the status of grizzly bears in the contiguous U.S. (Joe Lieb/USFWS via AP)

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FILE – A grizzly bear walks through a back country campsite in Montana’s Glacier National Park, on Aug. 3, 2014. Montana is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lift threatened species protections for more than 1,000 grizzly bears in the northern part of the state, including in and around Glacier. (Doug Kelley/The Spokesman-Review via AP, File)More

    MATTHEW BROWNMon, December 6, 2021, 1:04 PM·3 min readIn this article:

      BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lift threatened species protections for grizzly bears in the northern portion of the state, including areas in and around Glacier National Park, officials said Monday.

      The request, if granted, would open the door to public hunting of grizzlies in Montana for the first time in three decades. It comes after bear populations have expanded, spurring more…

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