Teaching the Secretary of Interior about Yellowstone grizzlies... with her department's findings | Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
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Teaching the Secretary of Interior about Yellowstone grizzlies... with her department's findings

April 19, 2023

In a continuation of my questions for Interior Secretary Haaland, she admitted that she both did not know the recovery criteria under the Endangered Species Act for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly population (which was 600-700) and the number alive in the population (over 1100).

With numbers nearly double the required amount under the Endangered Species Act, we must ask: why are Yellowstone grizzlies still listed as endangered? Furthermore, why does Secretary Haaland not know her department's findings?