{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.risch.senate.gov/news/press-releases/risch-crapo-applaud-move-to-return-grizzly-bear-management-to-states/", "Risch, Crapo Applaud Move to Return Grizzly Bear Management to States", "2026-07-15", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "ID", "James E. Risch", "R000584", "www.risch.senate.gov", "risch", "https://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) today applauded the Department of the Interior proposal to provide new flexibility for western states in managing grizzly bears.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s abundantly clear Idaho\u2019s grizzly bear populations have widely exceeded recovery goals,\u201d said Risch. \u201cIncreasing state authority to manage grizzly bears ensures our own local wildlife agencies, who understand Idaho\u2019s environment best, can follow the science and make commonsense conservation decisions without bureaucratic inefficiencies.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe recovery of the grizzly bear in the West is a conservation success story made possible by decades of work from state, tribal, federal and local conservation partners,\u201d said Crapo. \u201cFor years, I have advocated for returning grizzly bear management to the states as recovery objectives and benchmarks have been achieved. Secretary Burgum\u2019s announcement moves us one step closer to allowing Idaho wildlife professionals to manage a recovered grizzly population in a way that protects both the species and Idaho communities.\u201d\n\nThe announcement, made by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik, proposes a revised rule to increase management flexibility for grizzly bears in areas where the species has met, and in many cases exceeded, federal recovery benchmarks. The updated proposal ensures the Endangered Species Act is being used as Congress intended while continuing to support the species\u2019 long-term conservation.\n\n\u200b", 1, "2026-07-16T07:21:44Z", "2026-07-16T07:23:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.risch.senate.gov/news/press-releases/risch-crapo-applaud-move-to-return-grizzly-bear-management-to-states/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9324923157691956, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}