Wolf Delisting Edges Closer

Wolf Comment Deadline Today

By Gil Brady, 8-06-07

JACKSON, Wyo. – Today is the deadline for public comment on a federal plan to take the gray wolf off the endangered species list.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service extended the open comment period regarding measures that would allow wolves to be killed in the northern Rockies to protect elk and livestock.

Governor Dave Freudenthal and the federal agency struck a compromise earlier this spring to allow the Cowboy state to join Idaho’s and Montana’s wolf management plans.

National advocacy groups, such as Defenders of Wildlife, have stepped up a campaign to defeat the wolf’s delisting and a controversial rule change that could reintroduce the practice of aerial shootings of wolves.

At the center of the debate are differing opinions on how many wolf breeding pairs should be allowed to exist in Wyoming, its national parks and whose plan includes the best available science.

For more, read Cory Hatch’s article today only in the Jackson Hole News & Guide

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