Lummis Questions Fish and Wildlife Nominee About Yellowstone Grizzly Population

During the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing Wednesday, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming questioned Shannon Estenoz, President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as Assistant Secretary of Fish and Wildlife and Parks of the Department of Interior, about the Greater Yellowstone Area grizzly bear population.

Estenoz continued by addressing the issue of predator recovery.

Senator Lummis previously introduced the Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2021, which would remove grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from the Endangered Species List and shift management of the grizzlies to wildlife scientists in the states. She also wrote to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland asking her to follow the science and delist grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and Northern Continental Divide.