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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-BI68 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: ●Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Designation for a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bears in the Bitterroot Ecosystem of Idaho and Montana 
Abstract:

This proposed rule would propose to remove the Bitterroot Ecosystem nonessential experimental population (NEP) designation of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) from 50 CFR 17.84(1) (see 65 FR 69624, November 17, 2000) under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act. Grizzly bears were never reintroduced into the Bitterroot Ecosystem; thus, the associated 10(j) regulations and NEP never went into effect. A new environmental impact statement (EIS) is being developed to evaluate options for restoring grizzly bears to the Bitterroot Ecosystem, which would be announced concurrently with a proposed rule.

 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17.84   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  07/00/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Elizabeth Maclin
Division of Restoration and Recovery
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Ecological Services, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3803
Phone:703 358-2646
Fax:703 358-1735
Email: elizabeth_maclin@fws.gov