The public comment period ends on Friday. If the
Yellowstone grizzlies are delisted, trophy hunting is sure to follow. Relisting is a difficult and politically
charged process. We need to keep the
grizzlies on the endangered list.
The grizzly is the
West’s, and the nation’s, most intriguing, complicated and sentient land
mammal. It represents the gold standard of wildness, the “intangible and
spiritual resource” that is the fabric of the American character, as Wallace
Stegner famously wrote.
It will be a historic
mistake if the federal government delists the grizzly, over the outcry of
independent scientists and, indeed, even over the doubts of the superintendent
of Yellowstone National Park, Dan Wenk. The great bear deserves better. So does
the great American wilderness, which like everything else is in swirling,
fragmenting readjustment due to the onrush of global warming. Amid such
turbulence, the best science should matter more, not less, than ever.
Electronically: Go to
the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the search box,
enter the docket number for the proposed rule, which is FWS-R6-ES-2016-0042.
Then click on the Search button. On the resulting page, you may submit a
comment by clicking on “Comment Now!” Please ensure you have found the correct
document before submitting your comments.
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