Sec. 2. Findings

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Congress finds that— the American bison, the grizzly bear, and the wolf— are iconic species that have important cultural significance to Indigenous peoples of North America; play critical roles in maintaining ecosystem health and resilience; and have been hunted to the point of eradication from large parts of the historical range of those species throughout most of the continental United States; the reduction or elimination of bison, grizzly bears, and wolves from the historical range of those species compromises the ecological integrity of ecosystems; the people of the United States support coexistence approaches to manage bison, grizzly bears, and wolves on the landscape as a public trust; many recovery efforts are restoring bison, grizzly bears, and wolves to suitable habitat within the historical range of those species in the continental United States, but more is needed to ensure that those species regain a firm foothold with long term protection against eradication efforts due to intolerance and fragmentation of key habitat; and this Act builds on the success of the Act of June 8, 1940 (54 Stat. 250, chapter 278; 16 U.S.C. 668 et seq. ) (commonly known as the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act ), the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. ), and the National Bison Legacy Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 301;

Public Law 114–152 ) by providing essential Federal protections for bison, grizzly bears, and wolves.

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