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

Also under consideration is a proposed new rule to give landowners more flexibility around killing bears that threaten ...

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

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

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

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

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

That would open the door to hunts, although state officials have said those would be limited and not endanger the overall population. A Grizzly bear walk through Yellowstone National Park near ...

After the species temporarily lost protection in the Yellowstone region in 2017, Wyoming and Idaho scheduled hunts. In Wyoming, almost 1,500 people applied for 12 grizzly bear licenses.