June 26, 2019
Grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park no longer need to be under the protection of the Endangered Species Act, groups of ranchers and hunters told the Ninth Circuit, urging the panel to reinstate a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision removing federal protections for the "charismatic" bears.
December 05, 2018
Wyoming will turn to the Ninth Circuit to challenge a September ruling that threw out the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the Yellowstone population of grizzly bear, the state told a Montana federal court Wednesday.
September 25, 2018
A Montana federal judge threw out the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the Yellowstone population of grizzly bear, saying the federal government didn't sufficiently look at the consequences of the move on the bear's overall population.
September 13, 2018
A Montana federal judge on Thursday extended for two weeks his block on a grizzly bear hunt in the Yellowstone National Park area, saying there are "serious questions" about whether the federal government was correct in removing Endangered Species Act protections for the animals.
August 31, 2018
A federal judge in Montana has temporarily blocked the first grizzly bear trophy hunts around Yellowstone National Park in more than 40 years just two days before they were set to begin, setting up a showdown over whether government wildlife regulators were wrong to remove the animal's endangered species protections.
August 24, 2018
The U.S. Department of the Interior has urged a Montana federal judge to grant it a quick win in a suit brought by tribes and environmental groups over the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to strip Endangered Species Act protections from the Yellowstone population of grizzly bear, with several states and groups backing the department.
March 14, 2018
A Montana federal judge on Tuesday refused to halt a challenge by a tribe and environmental groups over the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to strip Endangered Species Act protections for the Yellowstone population of grizzly bear.
January 09, 2018
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe and a host of environmental groups on Monday urged a Montana federal judge for a partial quick win in a suit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the greater Yellowstone population of the grizzly bear.
July 05, 2017
The Crow Indian, Crow Creek Sioux and Standing Rock Sioux tribes have launched a lawsuit attempting to block the federal government from moving forward with its plan to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the Yellowstone population of the grizzly bear, on religious freedom grounds.