Wyoming's Grizzlies are Thriving. Let's Celebrate By Removing Them From The Endangered Species Act

Recent years have seen rising encounters between people and "endangered" grizzly bears, and increasingly with deadly results. Much of this is due to the significant increase in the grizzly bear population in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide ecosystems; yet even though grizzly numbers are more than double their recovery goal, administration officials have routinely failed to remove them from the list of endangered species.

My bill, H.R. 1245, seeks to celebrate the Endangered Species Act in recovering this beautiful and important animal to sustainable levels while managing the threat that an increasingly large population poses to people and livestock.