By Brendan LaChance on April 28, 2021
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CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming’s United States Sen. Cynthia Lummis, Sen. John Barrasso and Rep. Liz Cheney have signed onto a letter sent to U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland urging her to support de-listing grizzly bears from endangered species status in both the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the Northern Continental Divide.
“The facts don’t lie: The grizzly bear has recovered in significant areas in the west, including in Wyoming and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem,” Lummis said in a Wednesday press release. “In those areas the federal government needs to hand over population management to state wildlife managers who know the area and know best how to balance the needs of these ecosystems.”