US seeks end to Yellowstone grizzly protections

BILLINGS, Mont. — The federal government is proposing to lift threatened-species protections for hundreds of Yellowstone-area grizzlies, opening the door to future hunts for the fearsome bears across parts of three states for the first time since the 1970s. The proposal caps a four-decade, government-sponsored effort to rebuild the grizzly population and follows the lifting […]