Federal Plan to Hand Grizzly Bear Management to States Sparks Confusion

The federal government’s top land management official says he intends to hand over control of threatened grizzly bear populations to the states that border Yellowstone National Park — but the details of how that would actually work are far from settled.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum made the announcement about transferring grizzly bear management authority to state governments, though exactly what that means in practical terms has yet to be made clear.