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"A federal judge in Missoula on Tuesday vacated the federal government’s
determination that gray wolves in the Western United States do not need
increased federal protections under the
Endangered Species Act.
Several coalitions of conservation groups, including several from Montana,
filed lawsuits in federal district court last year against the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, in an attempt to force the agency to reapply ESA protections
to the species.
The groups praised the decision from the federal district court in Montana as a
step forward towards providing greater protection for the iconic species.
“The
Endangered Species Act requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
consider the best available science, and that requirement is what won the day
for wolves in this case,” Matthew Bishop, senior attorney at the Western
Environmental Law Center, which represented some of the plaintiffs, said in a
statement. “Wolves have yet to recover across the West, and allowing a few
states to undertake aggressive wolf-killing regimes is inconsistent with the
law. We hope this decision will encourage the Service to undertake a holistic
approach to wolf recovery in the West.”"
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
