HELENA – Montana leaders have been petitioning the federal government to consider removing grizzly bears from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife and giving the state the opportunity to manage the species. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says there’s enough evidence to start a 12-month review of whether to delist grizzlies in the Northern Continental Divide and Greater Yellowstone. State lawmakers are looking at bills that would set the state’s direction if delisting moves forward.
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