PUBLIC COMMENT ANALYSIS NOW AVAILABLE ON BITTERROOT GRIZZLY BEAR PROPOSAL

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a preliminary analysis today of public comments received on its proposal to withdraw a decision to reintroduce grizzly bears into the Bitterroot ecosystem in Montana and Idaho and focus recovery efforts on the five existing populations in the lower 48 states.

The proposal drew 28,222 comments from 50 states and 19 countries, the majority of which opposed the Service