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cobber On July 22, 2006

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#1New Post! Apr 04, 2006 @ 12:16:59
BILLINGS, Mont. - More than 250 scientists and researchers have signed a letter protesting a federal proposal to no longer protect grizzly bears in the Yellowstone area under the Endangered Species Act.

The letter dated Monday was addressed to Chris Servheen, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's grizzly bear recovery coordinator. Servheen has said he expects a final decision on the proposal by year's end or early next year.

Among those signing the letter were primatologist Jane Goodall and bear researchers Chuck Jonkel and John Craighead Sr.

The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed in November "delisting" bears in the Yellowstone area, declaring them recovered. The bears currently are classified as threatened.

The agency said the population has grown 4 percent to 7 percent a year since the mid-'90s, and it estimated the number of bears at more than 600.

The scientists and researchers said in their letter that an isolated population of 500 to 600 bears does not constitute a biologically recovered one.

A population of 2,000 to 3,000 is needed for genetic diversity and to withstand regional variations such as food sources, they said. A smaller one is likely to go extinct, they argued.

In a conference call Monday, three researchers also questioned the accuracy of the agency's population estimates.

Monday marked the end of the comment period on the proposal.

Seth Willey, acting recovery coordinator for the Fish and Wildlife Service's regional office in Denver, said the agency has received about 160,000 comments, many from "recognized academics" who have worked on the issue for years.

The proposal affects bears in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks and surrounding national forests in parts of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.

https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060321/ap_on_sc/grizzlies_scientists
treebee On April 13, 2015
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#2New Post! Apr 04, 2006 @ 12:20:06
I think they should introduce alcohol and cigarettes to the bears
cobber On July 22, 2006

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#3New Post! Apr 04, 2006 @ 12:27:00
Just like your bears, hey tree?
treebee On April 13, 2015
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#4New Post! Apr 04, 2006 @ 12:27:55
my bears are good
cobber On July 22, 2006

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Rockhampton, Australia
#5New Post! Apr 04, 2006 @ 12:35:12
Drunken Bears
baker63 On March 29, 2007

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#6New Post! Apr 07, 2006 @ 03:57:47
This is another example of things that the gov buerocracies have been doing lately that make now sense at all. I mean none. Like the IRS selling our personal info Give me a break
seekurbliss On January 22, 2007




Memphis, Tennessee
#7New Post! Apr 07, 2006 @ 04:02:22
@treebee Said
I think they should introduce alcohol and cigarettes to the bears


hell smoke 'em out,
ya know? get 'em stoned
THEN
they'd behave

El_Tino On October 12, 2023
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
#8New Post! Apr 07, 2006 @ 04:03:54
@seekurbliss Said
hell smoke 'em out,
ya know? get 'em stoned
THEN
they'd behave



THey'll raid the convenience stores
seekurbliss On January 22, 2007




Memphis, Tennessee
#9New Post! Apr 07, 2006 @ 04:04:48
@el_tino Said
THey'll raid the convenience stores


oh yeah
darn!
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