Wolves back on endangered list in Northern Rockies
By The Associated Press
BILLINGS - A judge has put wolves in the Northern Rockies back on the endangered species list, following a successful lawsuit by environmentalists who sued to stop planned hunts for the animals.
The order from U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula means the federal government must either drop or overhaul its proposal to strip wolves of federal protection - a process likely to drag on for at least several months.
The federal government had taken wolves off the list in March, setting into motion plans for public wolf hunts this fall in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
But after environmentalists claimed the wolf population had not fully recovered from near-decimation last century, Molloy issued an injunction blocking the hunts last month. Federal attorneys then asked to relist the animal as endangered.
Not sure what all this means to us but there ya go.
By The Associated Press
BILLINGS - A judge has put wolves in the Northern Rockies back on the endangered species list, following a successful lawsuit by environmentalists who sued to stop planned hunts for the animals.
The order from U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula means the federal government must either drop or overhaul its proposal to strip wolves of federal protection - a process likely to drag on for at least several months.
The federal government had taken wolves off the list in March, setting into motion plans for public wolf hunts this fall in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
But after environmentalists claimed the wolf population had not fully recovered from near-decimation last century, Molloy issued an injunction blocking the hunts last month. Federal attorneys then asked to relist the animal as endangered.
Not sure what all this means to us but there ya go.