The question of whether the expansion of cattle grazing on public lands near Yellowstone National Park will endanger grizzly bears took center stage in Montana federal court Tuesday.
The Center for Biological Diversity says cattle grazing on three allotments along Arizona’s Big Sandy River has caused irreparable harm to critical habitats for three imperiled species.
Mike Garrity writes, "The solution here is to better manage cattle grazing operations instead of trying to manage grizzly bears by killing every grizzly they see near a cow."
As the threatened grizzly bear population grows, interactions with ranchers and cattle have prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to sign off on up to 72 bear kills over the next decade.