alsaqr
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Wolves were removed from endangered species act protection in MT and ID as well as parts of WA, UT and OR. This is an act of congress: A rider was attached to the federal budget bill. It's about time wolves were de-listed.
http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_5dac4aee-7669-11e0-aa7b-001cc4c002e0.html
That means Montana and Idaho hunters will be back in the business of controlling wolf populations this fall. A bipartisan rider in the 2011 federal budget bill ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reinstate its 2009 wolf delisting decision and immunized it from further court challenges.
"The fact is, after years of lawsuits, the delisting got stuck in unacceptable gridlock, acrimony and dispute," Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said in a conference call Wednesday morning. "It was consuming resources that could be spent recovering for other species."
http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_5dac4aee-7669-11e0-aa7b-001cc4c002e0.html