Yellowstone Grizzly Delisting Needs More Study, Court Says (2)

Federal judges on Wednesday largely upheld a lower court order that required the Trump administration to do further analysis before scrapping protections for grizzly bears around Yellowstone National Park.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s requirement that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service take a closer look, but tossed the district judge’s order that the agency conduct a new comprehensive review.

“We affirm the district court in all respects, with the exception of the order requiring the FWS to conduct a ‘comprehensive review’ of the remnant grizzly population,” the Ninth Circuit said. “As ...