State unveils new grouse rules as feds again ease protections
Wyoming adopts habitat mitigation rules as Trump’s BLM, thwarted by courts, issues second stab at greater sage grouse plan rewrite.
Endangered Species Act
Greater sage grouse counts tick up West-wide
Although experts caution that one year’s figures do not represent a trend, Wyoming sees a “leveling out” after three years of declining numbers.
Judge: No evidence of ‘certain and great harm’ to grizzlies
D.C. court won't stop grizzly removals on the Upper Green River while grazing lawsuit wends its way through court.
Ranchers: Grizzly suit imperils rights, wildlife migrations
In the suit, conservationists say the U.S. Forest Service violated the Endangered Species Act by issuing a 10-year grazing permit that threatens grizzly bears and a tiny endangered fish — the Kendall Warm Springs dace.
Grizzly conflicts, deaths down in 2019
State and federal reports show sharp declines in bear captures and confirmed mortalities in the Yellowstone Ecosystem.
