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Judge gives feds 45 days to decide on Yellowstone grizzly bears' 'threatened' status

The order's Jan. 20 deadline means the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's long-awaited grizzly bear proposal will likely come as the second Trump administration begins

A judge has ordered federal wildlife officials to decide by Jan. 20 whether Yellowstone-area grizzly bears should be delisted from the Endangered Species Act.

The order, issued by U.S. District Court of Wyoming Judge Alan Johnson, could speed up a potential handover of authority to Wyoming, Idaho and Montana - opening the door for grizzly bear hunting.

Johnson issued the decision Friday in response to a Wyoming petition that sought to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to honor a missed one-year deadline to determine if the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem system's isolated grizzly bear po...

 
 
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