Center for Biological Diversity: SAN FRANCISCO Six environmental groups filed a lawsuit today against the Trump administration’s rule that removed Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the lower-48 states (except for a small population of Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made its decision despite the science that concludes wolves are still functionally extinct in the vast majority of their former range across the continental United States.
The groups say wolves haven t recovered in enough places yet. 1:30 pm, Jan. 14, 2021 ×
A coalition of wildlife conservation groups on Thursday, Jan. 14 formally filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service move that has stripped gray wolves of Endangered Species Act protection across nearly all the lower 48 states.
Six conservation groups represented by Earthjustice the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, Oregon Wildlife, National Parks Conservation Association and the Humane Society of the United States filed the 25-page suit in California s northern district federal court.
The federal move to delist wolves, first reported in the News Tribune on Oct. 28, took effect Jan. 4, handing control of the carnivores back to state and tribal resource agencies.
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Wildlife groups ask court to restore protections for US gray wolves
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Wildlife advocates are asking a federal court to overturn a U.S. government decision that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across most of the nation.
Two coalitions of advocacy groups filed lawsuits Thursday in U.S. District Court in Northern California seeking to restore protections for the predators.
The Trump administration announced in October that wolves were considered recovered from near-extinction across most of the U.S.
But critics of the move say continued protections are needed so fledgling wolf populations in Colorado and on the West Coast can continue to expand.