Grizzly recovery doesn't warrant their delisting

By JOEL CONNELLY P-I COLUMNIST JACKSON, Wyo. -- In the court battle over whether to remove the grizzly bear's Endangered Species Act protection, legal briefs will someday soon be delivered to offices of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California. A state flag decorated with California's "golden bear" symbol flies over the building, even though the last grizzly bear in the Golden State was shot in 1922.... [read full story]