The states of Montana and Wyoming have each submitted a petition for the Northern Continental Divide System and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, respectively, to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist grizzly bears.
Wildlife advocates in both states worry about the future of grizzlies, which are an endangered species, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to make a decision on Wyoming’s petition to delist the bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in January.
An animal lover, grizzly bears and other wildlife were the reason why Kristin Combs, the executive director of nonprofit Wyoming Wildlife Advocates , moved to the Cowboy State from her home in Ohio in the first place…