{"id":2243443,"date":"2024-05-13T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/interior-department-wont-recognize-victory-on-saving-grizzly-bear\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T16:39:08","slug":"interior-department-wont-recognize-victory-on-saving-grizzly-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/interior-department-wont-recognize-victory-on-saving-grizzly-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior Department refuses to acknowledge success in saving grizzly bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finterior-department-wont-recognize-victory-on-saving-grizzly-bear%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2243443&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The nation achieved success\u2063 in saving the endangered \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-survives-bear-mauling-in-alaska\/\" title=\"Man Survives Bear Mauling In Alaska\">grizzly<\/a> bear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-governor-blocks-execution-for-inmate-convicted-of-murder\/\" title=\"Oklahoma Governor Blocks Execution For Inmate Convicted Of Murder\">22 years ago<\/a>. However, \u2063the Biden administration&#8217;s reluctance to acknowledge\u2062 this \u200btriumph is causing\u2064 concern\u200d in bear-populated Montana. \u200cSenator \u200dSteve Daines (R-MT) expressed dissatisfaction with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland&#8217;s stance\u2062 during \u2062a recent hearing. \u200dThe nation successfully saved the \u200dendangered\u200c grizzly \u2064bear 22 years \u200bago. Yet, the Biden administration&#8217;s failure to recognize this achievement is \u2063worrying in \u2064bear-inhabited Montana. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) voiced his disapproval of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland&#8217;s position in \u2062a recent hearing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-happens-when-the-queen-dies-heres-the-protocol\/\" title=\"What Happens When The Queen Dies? Here\u2019s The Protocol\">nation won<\/a> its battle to save the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/endangered-species-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endangered<\/a> grizzly bear some 22 years ago, but the Biden administration is refusing to take the win, and that\u2019s causing a lot of concern in bear-rich Montana.<\/p>\n<p>At a hearing this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2897669\/steve-daines-appears-to-have-trumps-support-if-he-wants-to-continue-march-to-make-over-the-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sen. Steve Daines<\/a> (R-MT) came loaded for bears, telling Interior Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/deb-haaland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Deb Haaland\">Deb Haaland<\/a> that the population is higher than the target of 1,300. He added that they are doing a lot of destruction and need to be controlled.<\/p>\n<p>As Haaland expressed no knowledge of the success, Daines dished numbers. \u201cThe 2022 numbers, the most current data. It\u2019s 965 in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. It\u2019s 1,138 in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem. So, make a chart. Five hundred is the target, actual is 965, that\u2019s Yellowstone, and now the Northern Continental Divide, the target is 800, actual, according to FWS, is 1,138,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But the math didn\u2019t help the secretary. \u201cIf the populations are greater than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-50-years-of-endangered-species-act-conservation-the-results-werent-great-expert-says\/\" title=\"Expert: Results of 50 Years of Endangered Species Act Conservation \"Not Great\">recovery target<\/a>, would you conclude the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-calls-to-remove-grizzly-bear-from-endangered-species-list-after-one-kills-woman-near-yellowstone\/\" title=\"GOP Rep Urges Grizzly Bear Removal from Endangered List After Fatal Attack\">grizzly bears<\/a> have now recovered?\u201d Daines asked.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDebHaaland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDebHaaland<\/a> couldn&#8217;t say whether or not the grizzly had recovered in MT after hearing populations are almost double the targets.<\/p>\n<p>The science is more than clear\u2014delist the bears &#038; return the management back to the people of Montana where it belongs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2x9FlbURBy\">pic.twitter.com\/2x9FlbURBy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Daines (@SteveDaines) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveDaines\/status\/1786163428836466910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSenator,\u201d she said, \u201cunfortunately, I am not a scientist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He roared back, \u201cYou are the secretary of Interior, with complete respect. You\u2019re in line of succession for the presidency of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cSenator, I\u2019m happy to ask the scientists when I get back to the Department of the Interior. I am not a scientist. I don\u2019t want to speculate what the science would say to your question.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nation achieved victory in saving the endangered grizzly bear 22 years ago. However, the Biden administration&#8217;s reluctance to celebrate this win is concerning in bear-abundant Montana. During a recent hearing, Sen. 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