The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club are not alone in fighting the federal court's decision to uphold the Trump-era plan for lethal removals.

Fish and Wildlife Service's analysis discussing the project's impacts to bears was legally sufficient, even after acknowledging that the agency's analysis lacked a discussion of how many females could be killed under the project. For example, the court erred when it determined that the U.S. The court's opinion contained several legal flaws. We believe the court's decision was flawed, and we'll continue to fight for the lives of these magnificent bears.' 'The federal government shouldn't be killing native species so the livestock industry can graze cattle on public lands for next to nothing. 'We're determined to stop this terrible plan, which could be a death sentence for dozens of Yellowstone grizzly bears,' Andrea Zaccardi, carnivore conservation legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement. District Court of Wyoming, which ruled that the federal government may authorize the extermination of as many as six dozen grizzly bears in the Upper Green River area of Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest.

Thursday's filing by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club appeals a May decision by the U.S. 'A wide range of effective, nonlethal measures are available to livestock producers.' A pair of environmental groups on Thursday filed a notice of appeal to challenge a Trump administration-approved plan that would allow up to 72 grizzly bears to be killed to accommodate private livestock grazing near Yellowstone National Park.

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