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Feds consider hunting season on Yellowstone-area grizzlies

This 2011 photo shows a grizzly bear roaming near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. (Associated Press)

ENDANGERED SPECIES — Federal authorities are laying groundwork for possible trophy grizzly bear hunts around the Yellowstone area as soon as 2014, the AP reports .

It’s the surest sign yet that more than 30 years of federal protection for grizzlies in the area is nearing an end as their population recovers.

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