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    After 42 Years, Yellowstone Grizzly Will Be Taken Off Endangered Species List

    Citing a population rebound, the Interior Department has announced plans to strip the bear of federal protection. But some groups are skeptical, and they've signaled they're prepared to resist.
    by Colin Dwyer Jun 22, 2017 2 minutes
    A grizzly mother and her cub in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park. / KAREN BLEIER / Getty Images

    For the first time in more than four decades, the Yellowstone grizzly bear is set to lose its federal protections under the Endangered Species Act. Citing a rebound in the bear's population, the U.S. Department of Interior announced its intention Thursday to end these protections and return oversight of the animal's

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