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Removing those protections, a decision that may or may not be made later in the month, would open the door for ramped up hunting. Montana’s governor said the state needs more flexibility in dealing with the animal, something that is largely stripped of states when an animal falls under the protective glove of the federal government. Fish and Wildlife Service comes as the bear’s population has increased, and with it more deadly interactions with livestock and human attacks.Īs CBS News reported, northwest Montana has the greatest number of grizzly bears in the lower 48 states, with more than 1,000 bears across Glacier National Park and nearby expanses of forested wilderness, an area known as the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem. The enormous and statuesque grizzly bear is again in the spotlight in Montana, where officials there want the Biden administration to lift protections.
