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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.

State’s high court directs state to consider lighting and climate impacts of Yellowstone County Generating Station located on the Yellowstone River

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

Local advocates tap Earthjustice to bring lawsuit aiming to protect vital grizzly bear corridor

Local and national wildlife conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging federal agencies’ plans to allow increased road building in the Bitterroot National Forest that would cause harm to grizzly bears and bull trout; both of which are listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

If 399’s death is not to be in vain, we should work to better protect grizzlies through better wildlife management practices

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.

Legal complaint cites the State’s failures to consider harms to water, agriculture, wildlife, safety

Legal complaint cites the State’s failures to consider harms to water, agriculture, wildlife, and safety.

Earthjustice will go to court to protect critical connective ecosystem for grizzly bears

Earthjustice filed notice that it will challenge federal agencies’ plans to allow increased road building in the Bitterroot National Forest that would cause harm to grizzly bears and bull trout.

Idaho Fish and Game brochure distributed to sport shops ignores grizzly bear protections

Earthjustice will go to court to defend its victory limiting road building in grizzly habitat

Ruling denies rushed environmental review request for one of largest underground coal mines in nation

Ruling in favor of conservationists clarifies 2023 changes to National Environmental Policy Act