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To understand the “Interagency” in the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, consider Bear 863.
Also known as Felicia, Felicity or the Togwotee Sow, this female grizzly has been a roadside attraction on Highway 26 east of Grand Teton National Park for several years. This spring, so many tourists have stopped along the road to watch and photograph her that both the bear and people face safety risks.
But figuring out who can do what for whom isn’t obvious.
The confusion extends to social media. The website
Change.org has gathered more than 32,000 petition signatures opposing presumed plans by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for “murdering this bear and her two cubs.” The “let bears be bears” petition added 12 signatures in the time it took to write the previous sentence. ....

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