Under a new rule, grizzly bears would be protected by the Endangered Species Act in Washington, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

The comment period just opened for the proposal to keep grizzlies in the Northern Rockies classified as “threatened” — with ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejected pleas from western states to remove the bears from the Endangered Species Act ...

Grizzly bears were placed on the Endangered Species ... The Sportsmen's Alliance, an advocacy group that lobbies for hunting and trapping rights, says the recent rule change is designed to keep ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has denied Montana and Wyoming’s petition to delist grizzly bears in the Greater Greater ...

Environmentalists are applauding the much-anticipated decision from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but there is a catch.

Federal officials also said they will reclassify the grizzly’s status so that ranchers would be able to shoot bears that are ...

Without the Endangered Species Act, Wyoming could establish a grizzly bear hunting season. It's unclear how many grizzlies live in the unprotected areas outside the new proposed designated region.

The decision will likely anger the officials of several northern states, which have demanded the right to take over bear ...