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State wildlife managers could develop hunting seasons should the state be successful in its effort.

U.S. Justice Department officials did not immediately respond to a phone message and email for comment.

Some of the groups say the decision to lift grizzly bear protections this summer is flawed because it only involves Yellowstone rather than the West as a whole.

Fish and Wildlife first issued a proposal to delist Yellowstone-area grizzlies in spring 2016.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Assistant Regional Director Michael Thabault said it could take the agency another six months to finish reviewing 650,000 public comments

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A wolf hunt area northwest of Cody is closed now that hunters have killed the local limit of four wolves. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department closed Hunt Area One on Wednesday. Wyoming's first wolf hunting season since the federal government reintroduced wolves to the Yellowstone ecosystem in the 1990s is almost over...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is calling on the federal government to end federal protections for grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone area. Mead wrote to U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last week saying that the gravity of the bear situation around the nation's oldest national park cannot be overemphasized...