Feds delist some wolves, but not ours
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Jan 29, 2007 Posted by Bill Luckett
The federal government, in its infinite wisdom, has concluded that wolf populations are rebounding successfully enough that the feds announced they would remove wolves from the endangered species list in the Great Lakes region (Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin) in about a month and possibly take the same action for the wolves in the Rocky Mountain region (Wyoming, Montana and Idaho) in about a year. Story here. Gov. Freudenthal welcomed the news, although he pointed out that the real issue is whether Wyoming will ever be able to manage wolves to protect our wildlife. Here is his statement on today's news. It remains to be seen what impact, if any, the feds' decision will have on the wolf management bills moving through the Legislature (stories here and here).