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Article: Gray wolves to stay on endangered species list in Northern Rockies
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- January 14, 2004
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BILLINGS, Mont. _ The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not
remove gray wolves in the West from coverage under the Endangered
Species Act until Wyoming changes its regulations to provide the
predator with more protection, its director said Tuesday.
"If Wyoming doesn't amend its management plan and present one with
adequate controls to maintain wolf numbers, then we will not
proceed," Director Steve Williams said.The agency evaluated
management plans submitted by Montana, Idaho and Wyoming to determine
if they would adequately protect wolves in the region. It was one
step in the process of moving toward removing the animals from the
list of those protected by the ...