{"id":28112,"date":"2026-06-02T10:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T16:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=28112"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:07:43","slug":"lawsuit-challenges-usfs-and-usfws-drastic-redefinition-of-secure-habitat-slashing-grizzly-protections-in-critical-connectivity-corridor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/lawsuit-challenges-usfs-and-usfws-drastic-redefinition-of-secure-habitat-slashing-grizzly-protections-in-critical-connectivity-corridor\/","title":{"rendered":"Una demanda judicial impugna la dr\u00e1stica redefinici\u00f3n de &quot;h\u00e1bitat seguro&quot; por parte del Servicio Forestal de EE. UU. (USFS) y el Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de EE. UU. (USFWS), que reduce dr\u00e1sticamente la protecci\u00f3n de los osos grizzlies en un corredor de conectividad cr\u00edtico."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hoy en d\u00eda, las organizaciones de conservaci\u00f3n de Montana <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.02-Larabee-Hat-Complaint-Stamped.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">desafiado<\/a> El Servicio Forestal de los Estados Unidos (USFS) y el Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de los Estados Unidos (USFWS) fueron demandados por debilitar dr\u00e1sticamente un indicador clave para la conservaci\u00f3n del oso grizzly en el Bosque Nacional Helena-Lewis y Clark de Montana. La demanda se dirige contra la aprobaci\u00f3n por parte de estas agencias del Proyecto de Vegetaci\u00f3n de Larabee Hat \u2014un proyecto a gran escala de tala y construcci\u00f3n de carreteras\u2014 por abandonar los conocimientos cient\u00edficos sobre la conservaci\u00f3n del oso grizzly para ocultar los importantes impactos del proyecto en la especie.<\/p>\n<p>En nombre del Native Ecosystems Council, la Alliance for the Wild Rockies y el Council on Wildlife and Fish, el Western Environmental Law Center present\u00f3 esta ma\u00f1ana la demanda ante el Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Montana.<\/p>\n<p>El desaf\u00edo radica en c\u00f3mo las agencias definen el \u201ch\u00e1bitat seguro\u201d para los osos grizzly: \u00e1reas libres de carreteras y desarrollo humano, lo suficientemente grandes como para que un oso pueda satisfacer sus necesidades diarias de alimentaci\u00f3n de forma segura. Durante d\u00e9cadas, la ciencia ha establecido que los parches de h\u00e1bitat seguro deben proporcionar a una osa grizzly individual el espacio adecuado para alimentarse durante 24 a 48 horas sin cruzar ni acercarse a rutas motorizadas. La comunidad cient\u00edfica coincide en que los osos grizzly necesitan miles de acres para satisfacer estas necesidades diarias.<\/p>\n<p>USFS y USFWS siguieron el consenso cient\u00edfico y utilizaron un tama\u00f1o m\u00ednimo de parche de h\u00e1bitat seguro de 2500 acres cuando aprobaron el Plan Forestal del Bosque Nacional Helena-Lewis y Clark en 2021. Pero en abril de 2025, USFWS cambi\u00f3 de rumbo discretamente, redefiniendo el &quot;h\u00e1bitat seguro&quot; fuera de la zona de recuperaci\u00f3n del oso grizzly del Ecosistema de la Divisoria Continental del Norte (NCDE) como parches de <i>solo un acre<\/i>. El Servicio Forestal de los Estados Unidos (USFS) hizo lo mismo en mayo de 2025, actualizando sus directrices internas para que coincidieran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo existe respaldo cient\u00edfico para las parcelas de \u2018h\u00e1bitat seguro\u2019 de una hect\u00e1rea\u201d, dijo. <b>David Woodsmall, abogado del Western Environmental Law Center.<\/b> \u201cLas agencias simplemente definieron el problema y lo desviaron. Una isla de bosque de una hect\u00e1rea rodeada de carreteras no es un h\u00e1bitat seguro; es una trampa mortal para un oso que intenta sobrevivir all\u00ed. Los administradores de tierras federales deben cumplir la ley, incluso bajo la administraci\u00f3n Trump, y realizar cambios de pol\u00edtica como este de la nada est\u00e1 claramente fuera de la ley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lo que est\u00e1 en juego va mucho m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de este caso aislado. El proyecto Larabee Hat se ubica en el \u00c1rea Geogr\u00e1fica Divide, parte del \u00fanico corredor de tierras p\u00fablicas que conecta las zonas de recuperaci\u00f3n del oso grizzly del NCDE y del Gran Ecosistema de Yellowstone (GYE). El intercambio gen\u00e9tico entre estas dos poblaciones aisladas se considera esencial para la recuperaci\u00f3n del oso grizzly en los Estados Unidos continentales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos impactos acumulativos adversos de este proyecto ser\u00edan devastadores para la vida silvestre y su h\u00e1bitat, las plantas nativas y las especies acu\u00e1ticas, lo que demuestra por qu\u00e9 este proyecto no genera absolutamente ning\u00fan beneficio p\u00fablico neto\u201d, dijo. <b>Steve Kelly, del Consejo de Vida Silvestre y Pesca<\/b>. \u201cNo tiene ning\u00fan sentido, ni ecol\u00f3gico ni financiero, degradar bosques nativos irremplazables e intactos para convertirlos en plantaciones de \u00e1rboles fallidas y pastizales marginales para ganado subvencionado, a costa de un gran gasto para los contribuyentes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El proyecto propone la tala de casi 17.700 acres, incluyendo 1.266 acres de tala rasa, m\u00e1s de 1.850 acres de otro tipo de aprovechamiento forestal y 16,8 millas de nuevas carreteras temporales durante los pr\u00f3ximos 15 a 20 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan la antigua definici\u00f3n de 2500 acres, el \u00c1rea Geogr\u00e1fica de Divide conten\u00eda aproximadamente 41 531 acres de h\u00e1bitat seguro. Con la nueva definici\u00f3n de un acre, esa cifra aumenta a 59 143 acres, un incremento artificial de m\u00e1s de 17 000 acres que hace que el paisaje parezca mucho m\u00e1s saludable para los osos de lo que realmente es.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c&quot;Nosotros <a href=\"https:\/\/mountainjournal.org\/forest-service-rush-to-avoid-red-tape-derails-logging-project-near-yellowstone-national-park\/\">gan\u00f3 un caso judicial<\/a> \u201dSobre un tema similar el a\u00f1o pasado, en el que el Servicio Forestal y el Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre intentaron reducir la definici\u00f3n de h\u00e1bitat seguro para los osos grizzlies de 2500 acres a 10 acres, lo cual es rid\u00edculo para estos osos que recorren grandes distancias\u201d, dijo. <b>Mike Garrity, director ejecutivo de la Alianza para las Monta\u00f1as Rocosas Salvajes<\/b>. En su fallo, el juez declar\u00f3: \u201cAl basarse en un tama\u00f1o de parcela de 10 acres para definir el h\u00e1bitat seguro del oso grizzly, en ausencia de evidencia cient\u00edfica que demuestre que dicha superficie proporciona un h\u00e1bitat adecuado, el Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre no utiliz\u00f3 la &quot;mejor ciencia disponible&quot;, infringiendo as\u00ed la Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinci\u00f3n\u2018. A\u00f1adi\u00f3 que \u2018se ha comprobado que los osos grizzly en otros ecosistemas necesitan m\u00e1s de 2500 acres de h\u00e1bitat seguro\u2019.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAqu\u00ed, el Bosque Nacional Helena-Lewis y Clark redujo secretamente el h\u00e1bitat seguro del oso grizzly a un acre de tama\u00f1o sin informar al p\u00fablico\u201d.\u201d <b>Garrity<\/b> Continu\u00f3: \u201cEl \u00e1rea del proyecto Larabee Hat se encuentra en un corredor importante para que los osos grizzlies del ecosistema de la Divisoria Continental del Norte se conecten con los osos grizzlies del Gran Ecosistema de Yellowstone. Para que los osos grizzlies sean retirados de la lista de especies en peligro, deben volver a tener una poblaci\u00f3n conectada en las Monta\u00f1as Rocosas del Norte con un h\u00e1bitat seguro\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCambiar los par\u00e1metros de lo que califica como h\u00e1bitat sobre el papel no crea m\u00e1s h\u00e1bitat\u201d, dijo. <b>Sara Johnson, doctora en biolog\u00eda de la vida silvestre, trabaj\u00f3 para el Servicio Forestal durante 14 a\u00f1os.<\/b>. Esto simplemente facilita la aprobaci\u00f3n de m\u00e1s talas y m\u00e1s carreteras, ignorando las verdaderas consecuencias para los osos grizzly. La ley no lo permite, y al parecer tendremos que ser nosotros quienes digamos &quot;no&quot;.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Este caso se basa directamente en un <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/massive-logging-project-next-to-yellowstone-national-park-blocked-by-u-s-court\/\">impugnaci\u00f3n legal exitosa en 2025<\/a>, en la que un tribunal federal anul\u00f3 un intento similar de reducir el tama\u00f1o de los parches de h\u00e1bitat seguro para los osos grizzlies en el Bosque Nacional Custer-Gallatin, al considerar que el enfoque carec\u00eda de justificaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica y era perjudicial para los osos en paisajes fragmentados.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl tribunal ya rechaz\u00f3 este enfoque una vez\u201d, dijo. <b>Woodsmall<\/b>. \u201cEstas agencias est\u00e1n intentando lo mismo otra vez en un bosque diferente. Tenemos la intenci\u00f3n de impedirlo de nuevo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Contactos:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>David Woodsmall, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, 971-285-3632, <a href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;w&#111;&#111;&#100;&#x73;&#x6d;&#x61;ll&#64;&#119;&#x65;&#x73;&#x74;er&#110;&#108;&#x61;&#x77;&#x2e;or&#103;\">woodsmall@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike Garrity, Alianza para las Monta\u00f1as Rocosas Salvajes, 406-459-5936, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;:&#x77;i&#108;&#x64;&#114;&#x6f;&#99;&#x6b;i&#x65;s&#64;&#x67;&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#46;&#x63;o&#x6d;\">wildrockies@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steve Kelly, Consejo de Vida Silvestre y Pesca, 406-920-1381, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#x6c;t&#111;&#x3a;&#116;&#x72;o&#117;&#x74;&#99;&#x68;e&#x65;&#x6b;&#115;&#x40;y&#x61;h&#111;&#x6f;&#46;&#x63;o&#109;\">troutcheeks@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Montana conservation organizations challenged the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for dramatically weakening a core benchmark for grizzly bear conservation in Montana&#8217;s Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. 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