http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/rusty/1997 Should Wyoming, Idaho & Montana grizzly bears be removed from the federal endangered species lists? It is estimated there are over 800 grizzly bears roaming outside the Yellowstone National Park and that number is growing at a rate of 4% to 7% a year. The feds maintain that this is a sustainable population. It was hard for me to turn down a media trip to that area several years ago when landowners were squawking about bear numbers affecting their livestock operations.Ranchers say it's time the government does something about predation on their animals and the increasing incidents of the big bears coming to their homes. For more check HERE Comments on the grizzly plan are being accepted through Feb. 16. They may be emailed to FW6_grizzly_yellowstone@fws.gov The proposal and background are online at mountain-prairie.fws.gov/species/mammals/grizzly/2yellowstone.htm WHAT DO YOU SAY? Should Wyoming, Idaho & Montana grizzly bears be removed from the federal endangered species lists? It is estimated there are over 800 grizzly bears roaming outside the Yellowstone National Park and that number is growing at a rate of 4% to 7% a year. The feds maintain that this is a sustainable population. It was hard for me to turn down a media trip to that area several years ago when landowners were squawking about bear numbers affecting their livestock operations.Ranchers say it's time the government does something about predation on their animals and the increasing incidents of the big bears coming to their homes. For more check HERE Comments on the grizzly plan are being accepted through Feb. 16. They may be emailed to FW6_grizzly_yellowstone@fws.gov The proposal and background are online at mountain-prairie.fws.gov/species/mammals/grizzly/2yellowstone.htm WHAT DO YOU SAY? en-us