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| Grizzly Bear Recovery | |
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| Topic Started: Jun 21 2007, 11:54 PM (22 Views) | |
| Deleted User | Jun 21 2007, 11:54 PM Post #1 |
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Conservationists Request Stronger Plan for Grizzly Bear Recovery June 20, 2007 — By the Center for Biological Diversity SILVER CITY, N.M. — Yesterday the Center for Biological Diversity submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requesting a revision of the 1993 Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan. The comments ask the Service to adopt a more rigorous scientific approach to conserving the species throughout broad areas of its historic range. The comments respond to the Fish and Wildlife Service's request for information for its five-year review of the grizzly bear's status as a threatened species. The Center urged uplisting grizzly bears from "threatened" to "endangered" status and identifying recovery areas in the Southwest, southern Rocky Mountains/Colorado Plateau (ie. parts of Colorado and Utah), Pacific Northwest/California, and the Great Plains. Currently, official grizzly bear recovery areas exist only in Montana, Idaho and Washington. The Center's five-year-review comments notify the Fish and Wildlife Service that the current recovery plan is legally inadequate and provide guidance into the necessary revision process. "With habitat protection and restoration, grizzly bears could eventually roam from Mexico to Canada, and from the Great Plains to the Cascades and Sierra Nevada Mountains," said Michael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity. "The current recovery plan does not incorporate the scientific view that populations should be linked through migration corridors to ensure genetic viability." Robinson added: "This is a long-term vision for a world in which people and bears live in relative harmony. And it's a pragmatic vision, achievable by the government and citizens." http://www.enn.com/net.html?id=2010 . |
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