Well, politics is an uncomfortable topic here so will just say one party tends to support the never-ending protection cycle of species no matter the general consensus for biologists and scientists happens to be re if a species has fully recovered and can once again be managed by methods including hunting by the public.
The struggle between ‘I stand with science’/‘religion has no place in
Government’
And
‘We should ignore science because we can use the beliefs a few hundred people hold in a magical sky fairy to push our agenda’
Years back I could take a grizz once every four years and had to have a tag. Then came one bear every year, no tag required. In recent years, grizzly can now be taken over bait. Populations seem to be doing ok, in my backyard.