|
|
Article: ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTIONS REINSTATED FOR NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF POPULATION
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 22, 2008
CopyrightCopyright © HT Media Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service issued the following press release:
The U.S. Federal District Court in Missoula, Montana, issued a preliminary injunction on Friday, July 18, 2008, that immediately reinstated the Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains. That area includes all of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming and the eastern one-third of Washington and Oregon and parts of north-central Utah. This injunction will remain in place until final resolution of this case occurs.
The Endangered Species Act provisions reinstated by the court are the same ones in effect before wolves were delisted on March 28, 2008. Any and all ...