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Grizzly bears are facing growing threats to their survival in the Northern Rockies. The government just took a step in the right direction by rejecting state appeals to remove their protections.

Decision keeps federal protections but changes geographic scope of protections

Science shows that true recovery of grizzly bears requires a unified population with connected ecosystems.

Former U.S. Fish & Wildlife Grizzly Coordinator updates his own 30-year-old Recovery Plan

To revise the 1993 Recovery Plan for grizzly bears in the U.S. Northern Rockies using a metapopulation approach for lasting and sustainable recovery

We are prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office.

Grizzly 399, an iconic bear matriarch in the Greater Yellowstone region, has died due to a vehicle strike. Earthjustice has worked for decades to safeguard grizzlies from threats to their survival. Today we are mourning Grizzly 399’s loss and reflecting on these observations of her that legendary photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen shared in 2020.

Tim Preso, Managing Attorney, Biodiversity Defense Program: “The science showing that roads continue to displace bears goes all the way back to (1995) and hasn’t changed. The problem is they’ve never applied that science to look at what is the consequence of having all that road network out there in terms of the displacement effect…

Despite their precarious status, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently considering petitions from Wyoming and Montana to delist grizzly bears. Here’s how you can help.

Ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Court of appeals sends U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service back to the drawing board

El tribunal de apelaciones envía de regreso su fallo al Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de los Estados Unidos

Naturalist and author Doug Peacock talks about why we need to “fight like hell” to save the endangered and iconic Yellowstone grizzlies.

Inside Earthjustice’s case to decide the fate of Yellowstone’s iconic bears.

Thirty-one tribes submit letter to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Hearing: Oct. 10, 2018

Written testimony for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee: Oct. 8, 2018

Ruling from U.S. District Court of Montana, Missoula Division, on challenge to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2017 decision to delist Yellowstone grizzly bears from the Endangered Species Act.

Judge rules Trump administration unlawfully removed federal protections