Grizzly bears moved back to endangered species list LARAMIE, WY (wpr) - Grizzly bears in Wyoming and other parts of the Yellowstone area are going back on the endangered species list. Wyoming Public Radio's Renny MacKay reports

A federal judge in Montana has ruled that the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service did not do enough to ensure a viable grizzly bear population in the Yellowstone region. The judge was responding to an appeal from the Greater Yellowstone Coalition over a 2007 decision to remove Grizzlies from the endangered species list. The coalition's Craig Kenworthy says they believe that grizzlies should be returned to the list because the Fish and Wildlife Service did not put enough detail into their plan for how to manage grizzlies after delisting. Kenworthy says a concern was a major food source for grizzly bears, white bark pine, which is negatively impacted by climate change.
"They identified that talked about how serious the threat was and then in my opinion they papered over the issue and didn't announce they would take any steps in response to that decline."
The Fish and Wildlife Service would not comment except to say they are now considering all of their options for how to respond to the ruling. For Wyoming Public Radio I'm Renny MacKay.
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