Please ask members of the House Natural Resource Committee to support the Tribal Heritage and Grizzly Bear Protection Act (H.R. 3894). This is particularly important if your representative is on that committee! (List of committee members HERE).
HR3894 was introduced by Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva to permanently prohibit trophy hunting of grizzly bears in the lower 48 states and to ensure that tribal leaders are consulted in all grizzly bear conservation and management efforts. Representative Grijalva filed this bill is in response to the Department of the Interior’s controversial decision to remove Endangered Species Act protections from grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
If passed, HR3894 would do the following:
• Ban trophy hunting and non-discriminatory predator control measures that may result in taking of grizzly bears on public lands.
• Permit take and possession of grizzly bears only for certain purposes.
• Require consultation with tribes before issuing permits and before any major federal action that could impact grizzly bears or their habitat.
• Add tribal members to the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee.
• Create a process for reintroduction of grizzly bears to suitable land of wiling Tribes.
TWITTER: Tweet sheet is HERE.
FACE BOOK: Please leave the following comment, or one in your own words, on the Natural Resources Committee Facebook page.
I fully support HR 3894 Tribal Heritage and grizzly bear protection Act. I am deeply concerned about the removal Yellowstone area grizzly bears from Endangered Species list.
EMAILS, CALLS AND RESIST BOT: If your representative is on this committee (HERE is list of committee members), please contact him or hear and for a YES VOTE ON HR3894. Contact information can be found HERE. Please explain in your own words why this bill matters to you.
