#Repost @petersenshunting • • • • • • #Repost @sportsmensall ・・・ The recent ruling issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, while initially a setback, has resulted in some small gains in the fight to delist grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). These small gains are extremely important in the bigger picture and trajectory of delisting. Unreported by most outlets, the Ninth Circuit’s decision agreed with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), Sportsmen’s Alliance and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation that the FWS does not need to conduct a full analysis of threats faced by other grizzly populations as a result of delisting the GYE population of grizzlies. Instead, the Ninth Circuit partially reversed the Montana U.S. District Court, and held that FWS only needs to determine if delisting the GYE grizzly population would make the other populations not “viable.” Because the other populations of grizzlies are either distant from the GYE (e.g.: Cabinet-Yaak and Selkirk populations) or fully recovered (such as the Northern Continental Divide population), the facts would support the FWS finding that it can delist the GYE grizzlies without making the other populations non-viable. In other words, this ruling confirms that the FWS can regionally delist distinct population segments that are no longer in need of Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection. FWS can do so without conducting exhaustive analysis of the other populations and, instead, just ensure that delisting one population will not somehow make the other populations non-viable. Because the D.C. Circuit three years ago issued a similar ruling in a case involving wolves, the law that regional delistings are permissible where one or more, but not all, populations of species have recovered is now favorably established. Sportsmen’s Alliance and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation participated in both cases. The remaining task is to achieve judicially affirmed regional delistings based on this favorable law. These are small gains on the road to ultimate victory. #Huntervationist #IamtheAlliance #ProtectYourPassion #grizzlybear #grizzly #Bear #endangeredspecies #DelistTheGriz #wildlifemanagement https://www.instagram.com/p/CC6jxH9pwzv/?igshid=vtuewtuvdd95