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JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Federal biologists will begin trapping and tagging grizzly bears in Grand Teton National Park this week. The effort by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team is aimed at keeping tabs on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem's grizzlies. All trapping operations are located in the backcountry and away from hiking trails and campsites.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is again asking the federal government to remove grizzly bears from the endangered species list. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell wrote to Mead in late 2013 saying she expected to make a decision in early 2014 and take final action this year.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A body has been found in the Snake River at Twin Falls. Capt. Sheriff's deputies say the body found over the weekend by kayakers appeared to have been in the water for some time. It wasn't immediately known whether the body is male or female.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Thanks to a local historian and archaeologists at the Idaho National Laboratory, a downed World War II bomber has been located in eastern Idaho. In March, archaeologists pinpointed the location of the B-24J Liberator bomber that crashed in the Acro Desert during a 1944 training mission. The seven-man crew died in the crash.

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