Groups Petition Montana FWP to Require Hunters to Carry Bear Spray

Groups petition Montana FWP to require hunters to carry bear spray

A group of 19 organizations and numerous individuals have submitted a petition for rulemaking to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks seeking to add a requirement that hunters and trappers carry bear spray with them when in grizzly habitat.

New grizzly bear rules renew debate over Endangered Species Act

This July 14, just 10 days after Americans celebrated their nation's 250th anniversary, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum came to Big Sky, Montana, and announced "one of the great recovery stories in America." After five decades of diligent work to…

Grizzly Bear Management -Proposed to Move to State Control

Grizzly bears in the lower 48 states have been protected under the Endangered Species Act as a threatened species for over 50 years. In that time, the Grizzly population has almost doubled. What the general statistics don’t account for, however, is distribution. For example, while Idaho may have only 700 bears, Montana is projected to have as many as 2,000. With this, I believe it is important that the management of the Grizzlies be given to the…

Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum returns management of grizzly bears to the West

On July 14, the Department of the Interior announced a revised proposal to increase management flexibility for grizzly bears in areas where the species has met, and in many cases exceeded, federal recovery benchmarks.