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Retiring grizzly manager took heat as species rebounded

In this April 14 photo, Chris Servheen is shown in West Yellowstone, Mont. The nation’s first and only grizzly bear recovery coordinator is stepping down after 35 years. (Michael Wright / Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP)
In this April 14 photo, Chris Servheen is shown in West Yellowstone, Mont. The nation’s first and only grizzly bear recovery coordinator is stepping down after 35 years. (Michael Wright / Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP)

ENDANGERED SPECIES -- More than three decades of insight on grizzly bears and their interface with the public is heading over the horizon.

USFWS grizzly bear specialist looks back on his career
Chris Servheen, 65, who served in the hot seat as the federal government's first, and only, grizzly bear specialist for 35 years, retired last month. He sat down in his University of Montana office to talk with Dillon Tabish of the Flathead Beacon about the circumstances on the ground when he began his career to recover the species, his beliefs about the Endangered Species Act and the future for grizzly bears.



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Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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