Yellowstone Grizzlies Need Your Help

Yellowstone-area grizzlies are still recovering, and have yet to reach a population large enough to guarantee their long-term survival. Yet, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is proposing to allow trophy hunters to kill (and in some cases bait) up to 24 grizzlies in areas near Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. NRDC is calling on Wyoming Governor Matt Mead and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to reject this senseless plan.

Tell Governor Mead that you’re outraged by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s decision to allow grizzly hunting and urge him to put an end to it, before it’s too late for two dozen bears.

Below is a list of hearings you can attend to speak out for Grizzlies.

WHEN: March 27, 6 p.m.
WHERE: Headwaters Arts & Conference Center, Dubois

WHEN: April 2, 6 p.m.
WHERE: UW Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center, Laramie

WHEN: April 2, 7 p.m.
WHERE: Game and Fish Office, Sheridan

WHEN: April 3, 6 p.m.
WHERE: Game and Fish Office, Green River

WHEN: April 10, 6 p.m.
WHERE: Holiday Inn, Cody

WHEN: April 12, 6 p.m.
WHERE: Game and Fish Office, Pinedale

WHEN: April 17, 6 p.m.
WHERE: National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is proposing to allow grizzly bear trophy hunting, despite dangers like climate change and conflicts with humans that already threaten grizzlies.

Tell Wyoming Governor Matt Mead to reject this senseless and misguided hunting plan and save Yellowstone-area grizzlies.

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Wyoming Governor Matt Mead

Game and Fish Department

Subject line:

Grizzly hunting must be stopped

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Dear Governor Mead and Game and Fish Department:

I urge you to put a stop to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department's plan to allow the hunting (and in some cases baiting) of grizzly bears in your state.

Not long ago, Yellowstone-area grizzlies were on the verge of extinction. With the help of the Endangered Species Act, the population has rebounded. But they have yet to recover enough to guarantee their long-term survival. This hunting plan could prevent any further progress.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed Endangered Species Act protections from grizzlies just last year. The bears still face a range of threats, including climate change, conflicts with humans, diminishing food sources, isolation, and habitat loss. Wyoming should follow Montana's lead and help grizzlies continue to recover -- not make matters worse by hunting and baiting them.

Killing grizzlies that may have just wandered out of Yellowstone or Teton National Parks isn't going to prevent conflicts and will only put more people, and bears, in harm's way. NRDC stands ready to work with Wyoming landowners and wildlife managers -- as it has in many other states -- to protect property and livestock from grizzlies. But we cannot stand by and allow Yellowstone grizzlies to be destroyed by hunters -- just for the sake of sport.

You must put a stop to this senseless plan and protect the Yellowstone grizzly.

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