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Conservation Groups Launch Lawsuit To Protect Grizzlies & Lynx From Forest Clearcutting Project Near Yellowstone National Park

Conservation groups have filed a formal notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for approving a massive timber sale on the border of Yellowstone National Park that would destroy habitat for Grizzly Bears, Lynx, and other embattled wildlife.

The South Plateau project proposes to clearcut more than 5,500 acres of pine forest in the Custer-Gallatin National Forest. The project also calls for logging on an additional 9,000 acres and bulldozing up to 56 miles of roads, many through mature, old-growth forests.

“This reckless project was approved without considering its threats to Grizzly Bears, Lynx, and other wildlife,” said Kristine Akland, Northern Rockies director and senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The fragile Yellowstone ecosystem surrounding this iconic national park is vital for Montana’s rich biodiversity and climate. This project must be stopped before our beautiful backcountry forests are bulldozed.”

The Forest Service approved the logging project without identifying the locations, timing or scope of the logging units or roads. Instead, the agency said it will make those decisions when crews are on the ground, which inhibits analysis of potential harm to protected species and prevents public involvement.

“The Forest Service needs to drop the South Plateau project and quit clearcutting old-growth forests,” said Mike Garrity, executive director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies. “Especially clearcutting and bulldozing new logging roads in grizzly habitat on the border of Yellowstone National Park.”

“Clearcutting high-elevation lodgepole forests across thousands of acres is not going to improve ecological conditions and will not help protect communities from wildfire as the Forest Service claims,” said Adam Rissien, a rewilding advocate at WildEarth Guardians. “Rather, this is another misguided, old-style timber sale that will undermine the forest’s ability to store carbon.”

The project allows for significantly more logging and road building than is authorized by the Custer-Gallatin Forest plan. The notice also says that the South Plateau project will destroy and remove thousands of acres of habitat for Grizzly Bears and Lynx, which are both listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

The plan conflicts with President Biden’s pledge to protect old-growth and mature forests and trees, an important climate solution because they absorb and store tons of carbon.

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“You’re Way Too Close” – Yellowstone Tourists Ignore Park Rangers’ Attempts To Keep Them Away From Bear

A large group of tourists have been caught on camera at Yellowstone National Park refusing to move away from a Bear, despite intervention from two Park Rangers.

In the video, which you can watch below, at least eight people with cameras and phones are gathered near a Black Bear while Rangers attempt to move them along, explaining that it’s for their own safety and that of the animals, and that the rules apply to everyone. Despite these warnings, a few people refuse to budge until they’re satisfied with their pictures, despite the Rangers standing right in front of them.

“Yellowstone National Park isn’t Disney Land. Everything here is beautiful but has the potential of serious harm or death. This bear was 35 yards off the Road don’t get out of your car. It’s a wild animal and can go from grazing to attack in a moment. A man had his kids out of the car 35 yards from a big Black Bear and accused the Rangers of taking the fun out of it. Yellowstone is not a zoo animals can be unpredictable. Be smart be safe and give the animals their space. Stay in your car when they are close to the road.”

“The lack of respect for the rangers and wildlife is beyond infuriating. These people need to understand Yellowstone is not a petting zoo” said one onlooker.

YOU’RE WAY TOO CLOSE!

Now that hiking season is in full swing, there has been a worrying rise in close calls. In recent weeks, visitors have been spotted jumping out at Bears, attempting to pet Bison, and harassing Elk. There have been so many incidents, the National Park Service (NPS) issued a statement asking people to give wildlife space and show animals respect at Yellowstone.

A Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Is Surrounded & Run Off By A Pack Of Wolves In “Once In A Lifetime” Footage

Every year, millions and millions of people visit Yellowstone National Park, but not everybody gets a show like this.

Captured by Yellowstone Adam Brubaker of Tied to Nature, the video picks up in the Hayden Valley area of Yellowstone with a couple of Wolves from Wapiti Lake Pack and a curious Grizzly bear.

You’d think that a bear would want to run away when he’s outnumbered by a few Wolves, but nope, this fella charges forward to get a better look.

A group of tourists have witnessed a scene straight out of a Sir David Attenborough documentary, when a pack of wild Wolves decided to take on a giant Grizzly bear.

In a stunning video shot by Tied to Nature tour operator Adam Brubaker, tourists witnessed a pack of 10 Wolves surround a bear which Mr Brubaker believes was eyeing off their kill.

The encounter, which happened at Hayden Valley in the famed Yellowstone National Park, was described as a “once in a lifetime” sighting by the qualified naturalist.

“I had the awesome opportunity to share this once in a lifetime Wolf and Grizzly sighting while on tour in Yellowstone today.” he wrote on his Facebook page alongside the video.

“This Grizzly was foraging in the far end of the valley when the Wolves started to cross his path. The Grizzly started standing up on his hind legs to get a better view of what was going on and then started to approach the Wolves.

**At one point, the bear reared up on its hind legs to get a better look over the tall grass.**

“Soon the rest of the Wolf pack appears and escorts the bear into the trees.”

Some thought that the Wolves might have been trying to protect their cubs, but Mr Brubaker believes they had dinner nearby – and didn’t want a hungry bear to snack on any leftovers.

“From what I could see the pups were not with them,” he told USA Today.

“The white Wolf has blood on her face and neck, so there could have been a carcass, but while I watched them they were not feeding on one.”

While grizzlies and Wolves typically avoid each other, encounters have happened before.

“Bears may benefit from the presence of Wolves by taking carcasses that Wolves have killed, making carcasses more available to Bears throughout the year,” National Park Service told Newsweek .

“If a bear wants a Wolf-killed animal, the Wolves will try to defend it; Wolves usually fail to chase the bear away, although female grizzlies with cubs are seldom successful in taking a Wolf kill.”

“I could see that the two species were probably going to cross paths but I did not expect what was going to happen.

“For many people, this would be a once-in-a-lifetime encounter. Neither the Wolves nor Bears were injured. I believe I saw the same bear yesterday out in the same place this time with no Wolves around.

“I have been a guide in Yellowstone for seven years and visiting the park for 20 and every day can offer something new or different.”

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