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Article: SERVICE REMOVES WESTERN GREAT LAKES, PORTION OF NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN GRAY WOLF POPULATIONS FROM ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 14, 2009
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The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service issued the following press release:
Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett announced today the removal of the western Great Lakes population and portions of the northern Rocky Mountain population of gray wolves from protection under the Endangered Species Act. The success of gray wolf recovery efforts in these areas has contributed to expanding populations of wolves that no longer require the protection of the Act. However, gray wolves found within the borders of Wyoming will continue to be protected by the Act due to a lack of adequate regulatory mechanisms ensuring their protection under state law.
"Wolves have ...