The Biden administration is keeping protections in place for more than 2,000 grizzly bears in western states despite requests to lift the safeguards.

Grizzlies in Idaho, Montana, Washington and Wyoming will continue to be protected under the Endangered Species Act.

The decision will likely anger the officials of several northern states, which have demanded the right to take over bear management from U.S. Fish &… The post Grizzly Bears to Remain Protected Despite State Pressure appeared first on GearJunkie.