Porthill News

Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on how both of Idaho's U.S. senators and North Idaho's congressman introduced legislation today to amend the Endangered Species Act to clarify that it's OK to shoot a grizzly bear in self-defense or in defense of another person, in response to the Jeremy Hill incident.

A week ago, I spotlighted the persecution and attempted prosecution of an Idaho man who shot a grizzly bear to protect his family.

COEUR d'ALENE - The U.S. Attorney's Office in Boise announced Wednesday it is dismissing the pending misdemeanor criminal charge against Jeremy M. Hill for the killing of a grizzly bear on his Porthill property on May 8. Hill, 33, agreed that under provisions of the Endangered Species Act and related regulations, he committed a violation.

Federal prosecutors say they have dropped a misdemeanor filed against a north Idaho man accused of illegally shooting and killing a male grizzly bear at his home in May.

Hill's children were playing in the area and, unsurprisingly, Hill believed the bears to be a threat to his family.