In 1987, the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Team revised the wolf recovery plan from 1980. The primary goal of the plan is to remove the Northern Rocky Mountain wolf from the endangered and threatened species list by securing and maintaining a minimum of 10 breeding pairs of wolves in each of the three recovery…
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In 1980, the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Team completed a plan that would guide wolf recovery efforts for a future wolf population in the northern Rockies. The plan designated three recovery areas – Northwestern Montana, Central Idaho, and the Greater Yellowstone – each of which included some portion of Montana. The primary goal of…
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2011 US Congress passes legislation to partially delist the gray wolf from the ESA in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and parts of Utah, Washington, and Oregon. 9th Circuit upholds Congressional action in a 9-0 vote.
Read MoreUSFWS issued a final rule reclassifying the gray wolf as endangered in Minnesota and threatened across the rest of the lower 48 states. The reclassification of the Gray Wolf In the United States and Mexico, with Determination of Critical Habitat in Michigan and Minnesota Survival of the wolf in Minnesota assured, and At least 1…
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The Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) placed on the endangered list Friday January 4, 1974 – Federal Register – Vol. 39, No 3 – § 17.12 Endangered native wildlife. (Pg 1175) Taking, Possession, Transportation, Sale, Purchase, Barter, Exportation and Importation of Wildlife. . Common Name and Scientific Name Eastern Timber Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) Northern Rocky…
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The Endangered Species Act of 1973 provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats both domestically and abroad. 16 U.S.C. 35 (CHAPTER 35—ENDANGERED SPECIES) enacted on December 38, 1973. (a) Findings The Congress finds and declares that— (1) various species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the United States…
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Field & Stream BY TRAVIS HALL The controversial plan was mandated by a narrowly-passed ballot initiative back in 2020. On Monday, December 9, Colorado wildlife officials uncrated five gray wolves on a tract of public land west of Denver. The wolves were captured in Oregon earlier this winter. Their release is part of an ongoing…
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USFWS – Federal Register – A Rule by the Fish and Wildlife Service on 11/08/2023 We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), establish a nonessential experimental population (NEP) of the gray wolf ( Canis lupus) in the State of Colorado, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The State of Colorado (Colorado Parks and Wildlife…
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