Man charged with killing grizzly bear

COEUR d'ALENE –

A Bonners Ferry man has been charged by the United States

Attorney’s Office for killing a grizzly bear, U.S. Attorney Wendy

J. Olson announced.

The information

filed today in United States District Court alleges that Jeremy M.

Hill, 33, shot and killed a grizzly bear that was on his property

in Bonners Ferry on May 8.

The grizzly

bear is classified as a threatened species in the Lower 48 states,

according to the Endangered Species Act of 1975, and protected by

federal law.

The charge of

killing a threatened species is punishable by up to one year in

prison, a maximum fine of $50,000, and up to one year of supervised

release.

The case was

investigated by the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service.