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This rider would block the Service from considering whether to protect the Greater sage-grouse, or any distinct population of Greater sage- grouse, as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. [...] This rider would block funding for the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service to implement the North Cascades Grizzly Bear Ecosystem Restoration Plan, which aims to restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades. [...] This rider would block funding for the Fish and Wildlife Service to restore grizzly bears to the Bitterroot Ecosystem of Montana and Idaho. [...] This rider undermines the Endangered Species Act and the federal agency rulemaking process by blocking the Fish and Wildlife Service from implementing or enforcing its 2024 final regulations that reversed or revised the previous administration’s rules gutting Section 4 (listing and critical habitat) and Section 7 (interagency consultations) of the Endangered Species Act. [...] The proposed BIDEH rule is urgently needed to address the unprecedented challenges threatening the long-term ecological viability of the Refuge System, including climate change, agricultural production, habitat loss, and the proliferation of invasive species.