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Federal lawyers argued to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that Yellowstone grizzlies protections should be removed, saying removal of Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears from Endangered Species Act safeguards was warranted.

U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen restored Endangered Species Act protections for Yellowstone-area grizzly bears, and in the process permanently ended planned trophy hunts in Idaho and Wyoming.

A proposed Yellowstone grizzly hunt in Idaho and Wyoming was blocked for two weeks by U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen, who ruled more consideration was needed about the decision to delist the bears by the federal government and turn management over to the states.

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission approved plans for a hunting season on one male Yellowstone area grizzly bear.

Seventy-three scientists have penned a letter to Wyoming Governor Matt Mead calling on him to halt a proposed hunt on Yellowstone area grizzly bears.

Following internal review, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not restore endangered species protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears.

Conservation and animal advocacy groups are alleging that Montana and Wyoming agreed to share some of their grizzly hunt quotas.

At a meeting Tuesday night at the Collage of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls, Fish and Game officials made their case for a grizzly hunt.

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission will be hosting meetings next week about its proposed grizzly bear hunting season.

Up to 24 Yellowstone area grizzly bears could be killed by hunters this fall under proposed Wyoming regulations.