Western Environmental Law Center: Science Prevails - Grizzlies to Keep Endangered Species Protections
January 10, 2025
January 10, 2025
EUGENE, Oregon, Jan. 10 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Jan 9, 2025:
Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied petitions from Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming to eliminate Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears. Scientific evidence clearly shows grizzlies are not yet recovered.
"The law requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to rely on scientific evidence--not politics--for decisions about its work . . .
Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied petitions from Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming to eliminate Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears. Scientific evidence clearly shows grizzlies are not yet recovered.
"The law requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to rely on scientific evidence--not politics--for decisions about its work . . .