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Article: U.S. government proposes lifting protection for gray wolf outside of the West.
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- July 16, 2004
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STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
07-16-2004
Dateline: FOREST LAKE, Minnesota
The gray wolf has made such a strong comeback that it should be removed from federal protection from Maine to the Dakotas, Interior Secretary Gail Norton said Friday.
"This is a moment in which we can take great pride in achievement, both of people and in nature," Norton said at a wildlife science center in front of a pen containing six wolves, which watched their human audience with some curiosity.
Norton announced a proposed rule that would lift protection under the Endangered Species Act for gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan _ where the population has grown to 3,200 animals _ ...