John,

Montana and Wyoming have long been petitioning to remove Endangered Species Act protection from grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide ecosystems.

Why? So the bears can be persecuted and killed.

Thankfully the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently denied the states’ petitions. But at the same time, it proposed new management directives giving state agencies and landowners more latitude to kill grizzlies. Among other troubling things, the proposals would let people kill these great bears over livestock conflicts, even on public land.

Tell the Fish and Wildlife Service these iconic bears need strong protections to survive and thrive — and they shouldn’t be killed.