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After the Feds Kept Grizzlies on the Endangered Species List Last Month, State Leaders Try to Remove Them
Mountain West communities are split over the USFWS’ decision to manage isolated bear populations as one. But many agree that things may soon get worse for large predators.
By Jake Bolster
For over a quarter century, a female grizzly bear roamed the terrain around Grand Teton National Park, giving visitors a spectacular look at the life of one of the most charismatic and revered mammals in the United States. She lived to the age of 28, one of the 12 oldest grizzlies ever documented in the region, and produced at least 18 offspring. “Grizzly 399,” as the the tag assigned to her by researchers named her, died the night of October 22 after being struck by a car near Jackson, Wyoming.