Retiring grizzly manager took heat as species rebounded

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.