Biden OKs USFWS study on whether to delist grizzly bear populations around Yellowstone, Glacier

The Biden administration is taking a step toward lifting federal protections for grizzly bears in the northern Rocky Mountains, which could open the door to hunting in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho in the future, wildlife officials said.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Friday that the governors of Montana and Wyoming provided “substantial information” that grizzly populations in the regions around Yellowstone and Glacier national parks had improved and threats had been reduced.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/us/grizzly-bears-protections-end.html

'It was a massacre': Tribal leaders want Washita Battlefield NHS renamed

As the sun rose on a cold morning in 1868, hundreds of U.S. soldiers, led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, attacked Cheyenne families camped for the winter along the Washita River.

Stories passed down by survivors recount what happened as a massacre. Other evidence backs them up.

https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/it-was-a-massacre-cheyenne-and-arapaho-leaders-push-to-rename-oklahoma-site/article_415f81cc-905a-11ed-8b9f-9b788f9a8e61.html

Biden blocks Pebble Mine, but also signals he will allow a drilling project to go forward

The Biden administration on Tuesday moved to protect one of the world’s most valuable wild salmon fisheries, at Bristol Bay in Alaska, by effectively blocking the development of a gold and copper mine there.

On Wednesday, however, it appeared to set the table for approval of a large O&G drilling project elsewhere in Alaska.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/climate/pebble-mine-epa-decision.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/climate/alaska-willow-oil-drilling-biden.html