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Article: Feds Endanger 'Crowning Achievement' by Reducing Protection for Gray Wolf, Says Defenders of Wildlife
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- March 18, 2003
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WASHINGTON, March 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) "is turning its back on one of its crowning
achievements" by moving to sharply limit areas for wolf recovery in
the lower-48 states, according to Rodger Schlickeisen, president of
Defenders of Wildlife.
Today's announcement by the Department of the Interior that it
will change the status of wolves in the lower-48 states, lessening
protections in most regions, "threatens the long-term success of one
of the 20th century's most significant wildlife conservation
achievements," Schlickeisen added. The rule issued today by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) would severely limit the places
available to wolves ...