Page 37 - Wyoming's Grizzly Harvest - The Story the State Wants to Bury with the Bears

Wyoming’s Grizzly Harvest supported delisting the grizzly, which means that by 2017 a trophy hunter will be able to shoot these same grizzlies from less than a hundred yards when they wander into the bordering Bridger-Teton National Forest. Sue Consolo- Murphy, Chief of Science and Resources Management for Grand Teton, reaffirmed the Park’s position at the IGBC’s March 2104 meeting of the Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee that supported the IGBC’s unanimous December 2013 vote to move forward with removing ESA protections from the grizzly. “Grand Teton National Park is only 310,000 acres in size. We’re a relatively small park compared to Yellowstone, so it’s fairly easy for animals to leave the park boundaries at any time,” Park spokeswoman Jackie Skaggs told the Jackson Hole News and Guide during its coverage of 760’s story. Precisely. “It was a problem bear,” insisted Thompson, who said before the final decision was made they had “looked to potential placement in a zoo or research facility.” WGFD trapped 760 near the Aspens subdivision October 10 and by October 27 they had, said Thompson, “Exhausted our options with what we could do for this bear; for its livelihood and the safety of people.” Those options were clearly not WGFD’s alone, and probably included significant input from 37