{"id":245547,"date":"2024-02-09T23:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T23:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/usfws-considers-restoring-grizzly-bears-to-bitterroot-ecosystem-in-idaho-and-montana\/"},"modified":"2024-02-10T00:56:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T00:56:35","slug":"usfws-considers-restoring-grizzly-bears-to-bitterroot-ecosystem-in-idaho-and-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/usfws-considers-restoring-grizzly-bears-to-bitterroot-ecosystem-in-idaho-and-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"USFWS Considers Restoring Grizzly Bears to Bitterroot Ecosystem in Idaho and Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p> A grizzly bear with two of her cubs in the forest at Yellowstone National Park. TopStep2005 \/ iStock \/ Getty Images Plus <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__trust \"> <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ecowatch\/assets\/img\/dist\/who-we-are-wrapper-6.webp\" class=\"article__trust-img\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript>  Why you can trust us  <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__trust-tooltip\">\n<p>Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is in the process of considering plans for the restoration of grizzly bear populations to the Bitterroot ecosystem \u2014 which covers the western part of Montana and Central Idaho \u2014 where they have not been spotted regularly for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Idaho\u2019s governor and congress continue their attempts to remove the grizzlies\u2019 protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), reported the Idaho Statesman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bitterroot ecosystem is one of the six identified grizzly bear recovery zones&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/grizzy-bear-population-restoration-usfws-bitterroot-idaho-montana.html\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at www.ecowatch.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A grizzly bear with two of her cubs in the forest at Yellowstone National Park. 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