Yellowstone grizzlies to be removed from endangered species safeguards

Grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park will be stripped of Endangered Species Act protections under a rule to be published this week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced on Thursday.

Dropping the classification of Yellowstone's grizzlies as a threatened species, formally proposed in March 2016 under the Obama administration, was based on the agency's findings that the bears' numbers have rebounded sufficiently in recent decades.

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