Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Inc. v. Servheen

A federal district court in Montana restored threatened-status protection for grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park, citing a decline in food supplies caused in part by climate change. The court vacated a March 2007 decision by the Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the grizzly bear from the list of threatened species. Specifically, the court held that the FWS’s decision did not adequately consider the impact of climate change and other factors on whitebark pine nuts, a major food source for the animals.