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Louisa Willcox
- Sep 14, 2018
Grizzly Killing Climbs, Even as Trophy Hunt is Stalled
by Louisa Willcox Numbers of grizzly bear deaths continue to climb this year even as a federal judge has blocked, for another two weeks, a trophy hunt of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem that was scheduled to follow the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s 2017 decision to remove Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections. As of September 14, a total of 37 grizzlies have died this year in Yellowstone, in addition to yet another 5 bears detected this spring and summer
Louisa Willcox
- Sep 6, 2018
"What's Changed?" Judge Christensen Probes Grizzly Bear Delisting
by Louisa Willcox On August 30th of this year an army of lawyers descended upon Missoula, Montana, to argue over whether a 2017 move by the US Fish & Wildlife Service (AKA “The Service”) to remove Endangered Species protections for Yellowstone’s grizzly bears was legal. Judge Dana Christensen, who presided over the contenders, repeated the refrain: “What’s changed?” This was a particularly pregnant question because over ten years ago, in that very courtroom, Christensen’s col
