Lummis Urges Fish and Wildlife Director to Work Quickly to Delist GYE Grizzly Bear
• Lummis seeks a conclusion to grizzly bear success story and answers on further budget requests
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) pushed for a status update on Wyoming’s petition to delist the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) Grizzly Bear during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing. During the hearing, Lummis also questioned Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams for more information on critical habitat designations under the Endangered Species Act and wildlife migration corridors.
“The Fish and Wildlife Service is now four months overdue on the 12-month review of Wyoming’s delisting petition for the Greater Yellowstone Grizzly Bear. I urge the Fish and Wildlife Service to act with all vigor on this petition. The Greater Yellowstone grizzly has been recovered for 20 years, yet it is still on the list,” said Senator Lummis. “To me, that negates the whole purpose of the Endangered Species Act when it’s been acknowledged that the recovery numbers have been consistently met and exceeded since 2003, yet this species is still listed.”
