U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and her Senate colleagues John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Crapo (R-ID), James Risch (R-ID), and Steve Daines (R-MT) sent a letter to Environment and Public Works Chair Tom Carper (D-DE) and Subcommittee Chair Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) calling for a congressional hearing on legislation to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear … Continue reading Western senators demand hearing to remove Yellowstone grizzly from Endangered Species List
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"Once again, radical special interest groups have hijacked the ESA and are wasting taxpayer resources. Forcing agencies to conduct meaningless reviews to examine recovered species is not accomplishing any long-term goals when state wildlife experts are already managing and caring for species local to their communities. It is also disappointing that the Biden administration is caving to these groups and giving credence to these petitions instead of proactively working with states on actual recovery mechanisms."