Is grizzly reintroduction ‘a death sentence’ or restoring nature? Idaho comments are torn

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A proposal to reintroduce grizzly bears to part of Central Idaho has roiled tensions, with advocates saying the action is decades late and critics claiming it’s a step toward gruesome maulings.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed options to reintroduce grizzlies in the Bitterroot ecosystem of Idaho and Montana after a Montana federal judge ruled that agency officials did not adequately assist bear recovery there. The area was identified in the early 1990s as one of several recovery zones for the species, which remains under endangered species protections in the contiguous United States. ---More...