Hageman bill would remove Yellowstone grizzly from endangered list

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman introduced legislation to direct the Secretary of Interior to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife.

The Greater Yellowstone population was delisted twice before, in 2007 and 2017. Each time, the delisting was thrown out by "activist courts," according to a news release from Hageman's office.  

Hageman stated in the release: “The Greater Yellowstone population of grizzly bears should have been removed from the endangered and threatened species list 15 years ago. The grizzly bear has been listed since 1975, and its original recovery goal was 500 bears. Today, the number of bears are more than double that goal and have become a threat to people and livestock in Wyoming."