Grizzly Bears endangered again

Environmental News Network reports that Grizzly Bears in Yellowstone National Park are back on the endangered species list.

According to the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) a Montana federal district court returned the bears to the protections under the Endangered Species Act on Tuesday September 22.

In the case, brought by the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Judge Donald Molloy ruled that inadequate regulatory mechanisms were put in place to manage the bears after federal protections were dropped in early 2007, and that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) failed to address the loss of an essential food source for the bears, whitebark pine seeds. The NRDC and six other groups, represented by Earthjustice, have a similar case pending in Idaho.

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