GRIZZLY BEAR – States findings of the Legislature and calls upon the federal government to delist grizzly bears and review the Endangered Species Act.

This Idaho Joint Memorial (HJM 4) is a non-binding resolution calling on federal officials to delist grizzly bears in the lower 48 states and review the Endangered Species Act (ESA). It argues that grizzly populations (over 60,000, with 2,000 in Idaho/Montana/Washington/Wyoming) are biologically secure and no longer require ESA protections, citing state management success and "unoccupied recovery areas" as unnecessary restrictions. The memorial specifically urges the federal government to return management authority to states, which it claims have maintained healthy populations for 20+ years. It does not create new law but formally requests action from the President, Congress, and agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.