To move or not to move: Grizzly translocation plan under fire from bear defenders

<p class="MsoNormal">Just as Montana, Idaho and Wyoming politicians prepared to sign a three-state agreement on grizzly bear management, grizzly protection advocates sent a warning they plan to sue over a crucial part of the states&rsquo; plan.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">They don&rsquo;t like the idea of trucking grizzlies from one recovery area to another as a solution to the bears&rsquo; genetic diversity.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Grizzly bears remain a threatened species under federal Endangered Species Act protection. State wildlife officials say the bears are recovered and should be turned over to local state management.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Grizzly defenders counter that will open the door for trophy hunting and unsustainable predator shooting. It would also put grizzlies in conflict with a different kind of advocate &ndash; black bear hunters.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">On this episode, Rob Chaney, Lee Montana's statewide enterprise editor and author of 'Grizzly in the Driveway' makes sense of recent grizzly bear related headlines.</p>