{"id":34105,"date":"2024-05-22T11:07:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T15:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/?p=34105"},"modified":"2024-05-22T11:10:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T15:10:38","slug":"breaking-grizzly-bear-activists-light-up-interior-deliver-100000-petition-signatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/breaking-grizzly-bear-activists-light-up-interior-deliver-100000-petition-signatures\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Grizzly Bear Activists Light up Interior, Deliver 100,000 Petition Signatures"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34105\" class=\"elementor elementor-34105\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0dc5a8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0dc5a8e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6e869e\" data-id=\"d6e869e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-936e594 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"936e594\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For Immediate Release: May 22, 2024<\/p><p>Contact:<\/p><p>Adam Rissen, WildEarth Guardians, <a href=\"mailto:arissien@wildearthguardians.org\">arissien@wildearthguardians.org<\/a><\/p><p>Derek Goldman, Endangered Species Coalition, <a href=\"mailto:dgoldman@endangered.org\">dgoldman@endangered.org<\/a><\/p><p>Grace Kuhn, Western Watersheds Project, <a href=\"mailto:grace@westernwatersheds.org\">grace@westernwatersheds.org<\/a><\/p><p>Ian Brickey, Sierra Club, <a href=\"mailto:ian.brickey@sierraclub.org\">ian.brickey@sierraclub.org<\/a><\/p><p>Andrea Zaccardi, Center for Biological Diversity, <a href=\"mailto:azaccardi@biologicaldiversity.org\">azaccardi@biologicaldiversity.org<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wildlife Activists Urge Continued Grizzly Bear Protections <\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">100,000 Petition Signatures Delivered to Sec. Haaland as Grizzly Bear Images Light Up Interior Building<\/p><p>Washington, D.C.&#8211; Wildlife advocates appeared twice at the Department of Interior this week, urging Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to maintain Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears in the Northern Rockies.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_34108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34108\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PXL_20240522_131152111.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PXL_20240522_131152111-336x434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PXL_20240522_131152111-336x434.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PXL_20240522_131152111.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan Holmes, Exec. Director, Endangered Species Coalition and Bradley Williams, Wildlife Policy Specialist, Sierra Club, delivering 100,000 signatures to Sec Haaland Wednesday morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>On Monday evening near dusk, <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.endangered.org\/?c=187&amp;k=4285552e3e\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/assets.endangered.org\/?c%3D187%26k%3D4285552e3e&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1716476096685000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2HMfcY0MkMD72xqvr2aHmV\">grizzly bear images<\/a> were projected onto the Department of Interior building, along with large lettering urging the Department to keep grizzly bears protected.<\/p><p>On Wednesday morning, activists arrived at the Department of Interior to present Sec. Haaland with more than 100,000\u00a0 signatures on <a href=\"https:\/\/civicshout.com\/p\/tell-the-biden-admin-to-keep-grizzly-bears-protected\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/civicshout.com\/p\/tell-the-biden-admin-to-keep-grizzly-bears-protected&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1716476096685000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2EUixicutKFdP5iaaEbFVP\">petitions<\/a> urging the FWS to keep grizzly bears protected under the Endangered Species Act. The wildlife agency is currently conducting a <em>species status assessment<\/em> for grizzly bears in the northern Rockies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/press-release\/2023-02\/service-initiate-grizzly-bear-status-review-northern-continental-divide\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/press-release\/2023-02\/service-initiate-grizzly-bear-status-review-northern-continental-divide&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1716476096685000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Zhm2VN--HPDHPWiWFPWne\">in response<\/a> to petitions from the states of Montana and Wyoming\u2013the first step in removing them from the Endangered Species list. Wildlife advocates are concerned that delisting grizzly bears and turning full management over to states would result in more deaths, even as grizzly bears have yet to fully recover in the northern Rockies and continue to face numerous threats.<\/p><p>The advocates\u2019 letters to Sec. Haaland and USFWS Director Martha Williams reads, in part:<\/p><p>\u201cWith states like Montana, Wyoming and Idaho becoming more aggressive towards large carnivores in recent years, this is not the time to remove federal protections for grizzly bears. The state management plan in Montana, along with recently-passed legislation, indicates a much more aggressive use of lethal control in response to livestock conflict, and a reduced state tolerance for grizzly bears in some areas. It also shows a lack of commitment to connecting and recovering isolated populations of grizzly bears, should any other population lose federal protection and oversight.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cNow is not the time to remove grizzly bear protections,\u201d <strong>said Adam Rissien, ReWilding Manager with WildEarth Guardians.<\/strong> \u201cGrizzlies continue to remain isolated from each other, and some recovery areas struggle to support bears or have no populations at all. That is why they need strong safeguards and secure habitat so they can freely and safely roam in search of new dens, food sources and mates.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cGrizzly bears are slowly beginning to recover from a century of persecution and habitat loss, but some politicians and government bureaucrats in the West are hostile to grizzly bears and other carnivores,\u201d <strong>said Derek Goldman, National Field Director for the Endangered Species Coalition.<\/strong> \u201cWe need to keep federal protections in place until grizzly bears are fully recovered and until the states have adequate rules in place to ensure grizzly bears will thrive for future generations.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cIf grizzly bears lose federal protections, they\u2019ll face cruel and senseless trophy hunts,\u201d s<strong>aid Andrea Zaccardi, carnivore conservation legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity. <\/strong>\u201cGrizzlies have made real progress toward recovery in some places, but they\u2019re not recovered yet. They still need protections to ensure this progress isn\u2019t sabotaged by hostile states that are dead set on killing these beloved bears.\u201d<\/p><p>&#8220;Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho&#8217;s aggressive measures towards grizzlies show that state management often leads to increased bear deaths,&#8221; <strong>said Dagny Signorelli, Wyoming Director of Western Watersheds Project. <\/strong>&#8220;Last year, two-thirds of grizzly killings in Wyoming occurred in areas deemed suitable for their habitation, despite federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. If they face such threats with federal protections, what might happen if those safeguards are removed?&#8221;<\/p><p>\u201cIt would be unconscionable to remove protections from grizzly bears that would leave them vulnerable to increasingly hostile management techniques from certain states,\u201d <strong>said Animal Legal Defense Fund Campaigns Manager Matt Rossell.<\/strong> \u201cThe fact that we have started to see the restoration of these animals in some regions only strengthens the need for continued protections that will help at-risk populations thrive on the lands they call home.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cThe Endangered Species Act is one of the most successful conservation laws in our country\u2019s history, and grizzly bears are one of our country\u2019s iconic species,\u201d <strong>said Nick Gevock, Sierra Club Field Organizing Strategist for Northern Rockies Wildlands and Wildlife<\/strong>. \u201cAfter facing the brink of extinction, grizzlies have made remarkable progress towards recovery \u2013 progress enabled by protections under the Endangered Species Act \u2013 but it\u2019s unfinished. This is a critical moment for securing a sustainable future for grizzly bears, not for stipping away the protections that have saved them.\u201d<\/p><p>Of the six <a href=\"https:\/\/igbconline.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/igbconline.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1716476096685000&amp;usg=AOvVaw13eidoLX0lmWFzD_bNZwkT\">\u201cRecovery Zones\u201d<\/a> identified in the Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan, only two of those are estimated to have robust populations of bears. Two additional ecosystems are struggling to recover, and the remaining two have no documented grizzly bear presence yet.<\/p><p>The largest grizzly bear populations are in and around Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. Approximately 1,000 bears comprise each of those populations. However, the two populations remain isolated from each other, as there has been no evidence of connectivity or interbreeding. Long-term, this could lead to a loss of genetic diversity in the isolated Yellowstone grizzly population. To address this, Montana wildlife officials <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymontanan.com\/2024\/01\/06\/montana-to-start-trucking-grizzlies-into-yellowstone-region-to-improve-delisting-prospects\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailymontanan.com\/2024\/01\/06\/montana-to-start-trucking-grizzlies-into-yellowstone-region-to-improve-delisting-prospects\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1716476096685000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3NS_WorM1uQbzr732Ccatn\">are planning<\/a> to capture, sedate and transport several grizzly bears into Yellowstone as soon as this coming summer.<\/p><p>\u201cIf you have to manually truck grizzly bears around from place to place to prevent genetic decline, then it seems hard to make the case that they recovered and are no longer at risk,\u201d added Goldman.<\/p><p>A decision on the grizzly bear status assessment is expected this summer.<\/p><p>(Suggested picture caption: Susan Holmes, Exec. 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