WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Jim Risch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) today applauded the Department of the Interior proposal to provide new flexibility for western states in managing grizzly bears.
"It's abundantly clear Idaho's grizzly bear populations have widely exceeded recovery goals," said Risch. "Increasing state authority to manage grizzly bears ensures our own local wildlife agencies, who understand Idaho's environment best, can follow the science and make commonsense conservation decisions without bureaucratic inefficiencies."
"The recovery of the grizzly bear in the West is a conservation success story made possible by decades of work from state, tribal, federal and lo...