A federal judge in Montana has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to review the status of grizzly bears by March 2021.
The action comes as a result of a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) in June that challenges the Trump administration’s “failure to update the recovery plan for grizzly bears.”
CBD claims USFWS must prepare a status review for listed species every five years, but has failed to produce a review for grizzly bears since 2011.
