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Barrasso: Wyoming Should Be in Charge of Grizzly Bear Management, Not Washington
During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) called for restoring Wyoming’s authority to manage its own grizzly bear population. Barrasso highlighted legislation he recently co-sponsored to remove grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from the Endangered Species List and shift management of the bear to the states. Barrasso said that under the Constitution, most decisions affecting our lives are meant to be made at the local or the state level.
Senator Barrasso said the population of grizzly bears in Yellowstone has been fully recovered for more than two decades.
Barrasso said that it’s time for Wyoming, not Washington to be in charge of managing grizzly bears and that he will continue to work with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on a path forward that allows the people of Wyoming to make decisions for Wyoming.
Bret Green
February 12, 2025 at 5:28 am
Now is the time with Trump in office!!!
Kenya Stewart
February 12, 2025 at 10:07 am
But women can’t be in control of their bodies… makes sense
Daniel Collins
February 12, 2025 at 12:30 pm
Who knows better than the people of wyoming. From everything you read the population is high. A reduction needs to be made soon.Large boars are killing young bears already.
Brandy Nutt
February 13, 2025 at 8:45 am
All things related to environment should be governed by the people living in that environment. The states have tremendous differences in geography, wildlife and population. So Wyoming should make all decisions related to these things. Especially the federal EPA laws. Being a woman is not different among the states. So the feds should support women’s rights and give women control over their own bodies.