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(Council) Room Bear: Who decides to remove the grizzly bear from the endangered species list?

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Now 50 years old, the Endangered Species Species Act (ESA) was once a rare beacon of bipartisan unification, and was signed into law with almost indifferent political support by President Richard Nixon. The purpose was clear. Protects at-risk species and allows for recovery using the best science available. However, as a case study on the Grizzly…