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<p><b>Montana Fish, Wildlife & Park is holding a public hearing
and taking public comments on the Conservation Strategy for
Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE) grizzly bears, a
prerequisite for removing Endangered Species Act protection
through “de-listing". The hearing is this Wednesday, 9/26 at the
Holiday Inn Parkside (200 S. Pattee Street 59802) at 6:30 p.m.</b><br
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Join for a pre-hearing rally at 5:30 outside on the riverside
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<b>Please join us to show your opposition to trophy hunting of
grizzly bears and your support for habitat protection, linkages
and the Endangered Species Act!</b><br style="color: rgb(29, 33,
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Montana’s State Animal needs increased habitat protection
including roadless areas, low road density areas, and habitats
that link the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE) with
other grizzly bear populations in the Northern Rockies. <br
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Grizzly Bear ARM – Wildlife Division<br style="color: rgb(29, 33,
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Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks <br style="color: rgb(29,
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Helena, Montana, 59620-0701<br style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41);
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By email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fwpgrizzlybeararm@mt.gov">fwpgrizzlybeararm@mt.gov</a></p>
<p>Some suggested talking points:</p>
<p>1. A 90% probability of maintaining 800 bears in the NCDE core is
an inadequate target. How many bears and how much habitat is
needed for a single, connected population in the Yellowstone,
NCDE, Cabinet-Yaak, Selkirks, and Selway-Bitterroot ecosystems?</p>
<p>2. The "lower 48" grizzly bears were listed under the ESA as
"threatened" with extinction. Why are MDFWP and U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service trying to "divide and conquer" rather than
"connect and recover" these ecosystems?</p>
<p>3. Grizzly bears are currently confined to about 2% of their
former range and numbers. MDFWP should be ashamed to try and write
into Montana law that this constitutes bear "recovery."</p>
<p>4. Grizzly bear hunting would kill bears needed for population
expansion and ecosystem connectivity. If you want to write a law,
make grizzly bear trophy hunting illegal in Montana forever.</p>
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<b>All public comments must be received by October 26, 2018. </b><br
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