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Interim challenge to wolf hunts in Idaho and Wyoming denied

September 10, 2009 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Damien M. Schiff On Tuesday, Judge Donald Molloy of the District of Montana, in Defenders of Wildlife v. Salazar, denied a prelimary injunction motion filed by several environmental groups seeking to stop gray wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana.  Earlier this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service delisted the Northern Rockies gr ...

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The Obama Administration : not the environmentalists' panacea?

December 01, 2009 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff The Treehugger Blog reports that many in the environmental community are disappointed by the new Administration's environmental track record.  The Obama Administration has listed only two out of 250 candidate species for Endangered Species Act protection since taking over the reins from th ...

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Former Fish and Wildlife Director comments on wolf delisting

January 04, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Jamie Rappaport Clark, the Service's director from 1997 to 2001, had this oped in last Friday's Washington Post, excoriating the Obama Administration and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar for going ahead, in March of 2009, with a Bush Administration proposal to delist the Northern Rockies "dist ...

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Wisconsin says, "The wolf is recovered"

April 29, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Earlier this week, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced that it was filing a petition to delist the Wisconsin subpopulation of the Western Great Lakes distinct population segment (DPS) of gray wolf from the protections of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).  The petition argues that the w ...

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Decision invalidates gray wolf delisting rule

August 06, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Daniel Himebaugh As this blog predicted, Judge Donald Molloy of the District of Montana has vacated the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's 2009 rule delisting the Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf distinct population segment (DPS).  The Service's rule had lifted ESA-related restrictions throughout Montana, Idaho, and parts of ...

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Will the gray wolf be delisted legislatively?

August 12, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Last week, the Northern Rockies population of gray wolf was put back on the Endangered Species Act list of protected wildlife.  In response, Representatives from Texas and Montana will introduce H.R. 6028, a bill which would forbid the listing of the gray wolf.  As Montana Representative Denny Rehberg exp ...

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The wolf saga continues

September 16, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff This week, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced positive "90-day" findings on four petitions to delist the Western Great Lakes distinct population segment (DPS) of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (the DPS covers territory in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin). ...

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Gray wolves on the prowl in Wolverine State

November 01, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brandon Middleton The gray wolf controversy has received quite a bit of coverage in the Rocky Mountain states, justifiably so.  Unfortunately, it looks like folks in Michigan have also had to deal with gray wolves and the harsh unintended consequences of the Endangered Species Act: Michigan's gray wolves have attacked Upper Penins ...

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The wolf saga continues

November 23, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Last week, Judge Alan Johnson of the District of Wyoming ruled that the Service acted illegally when it refused to delist the Wyoming gray wolf subpopulation from the Endangered Species Act.  The court held that the Service's rationale—the state's wolf management program was inadequate to protect ...