Mountain West communities are split over the USFWS’ decision to manage isolated bear populations as one. But many agree that ...

A grizzly bear walks near Frying Pan Spring in Yellowstone National Park. Jim Peaco/National Park Service Rep. Bob Wharff, R-Evanston, at the Wyoming Legislature’s 2025 general session in Cheyenne.

Only months after retiring as director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Brian Nesvik has been picked by President ...

Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho also recently approved an agreement governing how many GYE grizzly bears each state would be allowed to kill through ... Third, even if a “nuisance” bear is killed by a ...

“The loss of even a single grizzly bear is a tragedy to the recovery of the species as there are fewer than 2,000 bears that occupy a tiny fraction of their historic territory in the lower 48 states,” ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Monday it would be canceling meetings it had scheduled in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming regarding ... review the recent grizzly bear proposed rule ...

Officials in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming denounced the agency's decision. "The USFWS's decision not to delist the (Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem) grizzly bear is extremely disappointing and ...

The grizzly bear is so named because its hair is grizzled ... RANGE: Grizzly bears are found today in Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and possibly southern Colorado, as well as in western ...

The Biden administration will continue protecting about 2,000 grizzly bears in four Rocky Mountain states despite objections from Republican-led states, U.S. wildlife officials said Wednesday.