grizzly bears

Commissioners say a final Environmental Impact Statement on the project last month did not consider local concerns about the bears.

Commissioner Shon Smith says the final Environmental Impact Statement on the project last month did not consider local concerns about the bears.

With these attacks and death happening, it got me thinking, about what would be the worst animal to be attacked by in Idaho.

This week, livestock organizations in the northwest United States joined together to send a formal letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, asking the federal organization to not proceed with a plan to introduce an experimental population of grizzly bears to the North Cascade ecosystem.

A proposal to introduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades is bringing listening sessions to Okanogan County, Washington.

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement reacting to an announcement from the U.S. National Park Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service seeking public comment on a proposed rule under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act related to the potential introduction of grizzly bears in the North Cascades.

U.S. Senator Jim Risch, Idaho, introduced the Grizzly Bear Review and Resource Restart (Grrr) Act to fully delist the grizzly bear in the lower 48 states from the endangered species list.

The Chelan County Board of Commissioners will be in attendance at a meeting in North Bend tomorrow (May 9) regarding the reintroduction of grizzly bears to the North Cascades. The event is being spearheaded by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, which supports the delisting and conservation of grizzly bear populations and habitats in the western United States...

Last week, Idaho’s Congressional delegation, which includes senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch as well as representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher, demanded a response to the state’s grizzly bear delisting petition.  In Thursday’s letter, to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic...

Idaho’s congressional delegation, senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo as well as representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher, recently joined their peers from Montana and Wyoming calling on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to return the Yellowstone grizzly bear population to state management. The ...