Wyoming Intervenes In Tribes’ Suit To Block Delisting Of Yellowstone Grizzly Bears

Mealey's (November 3, 2017, 11:55 AM EDT) -- MISSOULA, Mont. — A Montana federal magistrate judge on Oct. 31 allowed the state of Wyoming to intervene in a suit filed by several Native American tribes, spiritual groups and tribal members against the U.S. government to halt a plan to delist the grizzly bear population of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq. (Crow Indian Tribe, et al. v. United States of America, et al., No. 9:17-cv-89, D. Mont., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 181154)....