Grizzly Bears Coming

Advocates seek grizzly re-introductions, Posted on December 20, 2014 Written by greatfallstribune.com

An advo­cacy group has peti­tioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser­vice to rein­tro­duce griz­zly bears into the Selway-Bitterroot area of Idaho and Montana.

The Cen­ter for Bio­log­i­cal Diver­sity said Thurs­day that it hopes to revive a stalled recov­ery plan for the ani­mals that was final­ized in 2000.

The group says hav­ing bears in the Selway-Bitterroot would help con­nect griz­zlies in Yel­low­stone National Park with other pop­u­la­tions of the ani­mals in Mon­tana and Idaho. It says the 16-million-acre area could sup­port 300 to 600 bears.

An ear­lier peti­tion from the group called for griz­zly recov­ery across a seven-state area that included the Selway-Bitterroot. Cen­ter for Bio­log­i­cal Diver­sity attor­ney Andrea San­tar­siere says the group is con­sid­er­ing legal action after that peti­tion was denied in September.

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