After years of discussion, BNSF has a griz plan
Crews work to clean up a grain car derailment Oct. 12 on the BNSF Railway tracks on the border of Glacier National Park. (Chris Peterson photo)
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has approved a BNSF Railway plan that will provide funding for grizzly bear conservation in northwest Montana in return for a permit allowing it to “take” 19 of the federally protected animals over seven years.
The Habitat Conservation Plan approved by USFWS has been years in the making and comes after more than 60 bears were killed along the tracks in northwest Montana over the last 15 years. At the core of the plan is a collaboration between BNSF, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, and Montana’s Outdoor Legacy Foundation.
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