From the Wednesday, November 16, 2005 online edition of the Great Falls Tribune . . .
Grizzly bears in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem will continue to be protected by the Endangered Species Act, until researchers know more about the population.
An announcement Tuesday to begin removing federal protections for grizzly bears in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming has no impact on the grizzly bears roaming the Northern Rockies, said Chris Servheen, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grizzly bear recovery coordinator.
The Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, Montana's largest grizzly bear habitat, runs north to south from Highway 200 to the Canadian border and east to west from Highway 93 to Highway 89.
"It won't change anything related to that population," he said.
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