Feds Drop Yellowstone Grizzly From List

March 22, 2007 By ALAN SUDERMAN, Associated Press Writer Feds Drop Yellowstone Grizzly From List (AP)

This photo released by Yellowstone National Park shows a grizzly bear moving through the brush, June 7, 2005, in the park in Wyoming. Grizzly bears are thriving in and around Yellowstone National Park and no longer need the protection of the Endangered Species Act, Deputy Interior Secretary Lynn Scarlett said Thursday, March 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Yellowstone National Park, James Peaco)

(AP) -- Grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park no longer need Endangered Species Act protection, the federal government said Thursday.



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