Government Delays Gray Wolf Delisting
Timber Wolf
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According to North American Hunter magazine, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) says it won’t remove the gray wolf (Timber Wolf) from the Endangered Species List until Wyoming changes its proposed management plan for the animal. The USFWS has already accepted the wolf management plans of Idaho and Montana, two other states where the core population of the western gray wolf lives.
Wyoming wants two classifications for wolves – one in an area around Yellowstone where they’d be considered a trophy game species, and the other where they’d be considered a predator and hunted without limits.
To the end, the Wyoming House passed a bill upholding the wolf’s status as both a trophy game animal and predator.
Officials say the next step is likely a lengthy litigation process.
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