The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will keep endangered species protections for grizzly bears in place in most of the western U.S., the agency announced Wednesday, rebuffing states that ...

Grizzlies have been protected as a threatened species across the lower 48 states since 1975. At one point, about 50,000 grizzlies were found in 18 western states from Texas to the Canadian border ...