Without the Endangered Species Act, Wyoming could establish a grizzly bear hunting season. It's unclear how many grizzlies live in the unprotected areas outside the new proposed designated region.

The rejection—issued in a routine rule-making process—means that fish and game agencies in Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana won't be managing grizzly bears through hunter harvest any time soon.

but now there are over 2,000 bears thanks to USFWS recovery efforts. There are also larger grizzly populations in Alaska and hunting is allowed there. Grizzlies in Idaho, Montana, Washington and ...

The Biden administration will continue protecting about 2,000 grizzly bears in four Rocky Mountain ... and larger populations in Alaska, where hunting is allowed. Prior attempts to lift ...