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  • USFWS to reconsider the wolverine for protected under endangered species act

    Ralph Maughan

    Earth Justice scores a victory for the wolverine and the Endangered Species Act- Administration’s new, cramped view of the ESA that a species doesn’t need protection in the United States even though its population is very low and declining if there are some in Canada, Mexico, or wherever. Agency to reconsider wolverine status. By Susan…

  • Wolves were delisted today, May 4

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolves in Northern Rockies and Great Lakes officially delisted May 4, 2009- Will delisting be better the second time around? Today for the second time in the Northern Rockies, wolves were delisted with all management decisions handed over to the states of Idaho and Montana, but not Wyoming where delisting  will not take place under…

  • They had to kill the jaguar to save the jaguar

    Ralph Maughan

    USFWS and Arizona Game and Fish in a sloppy screw-up? An interesting article today in Demarcated Landscapes. Update. Jaguar may have experienced ‘capture myopathy’. Necropsy by zoo inconclusive, two outside vets say. By Tim Steller. Arizona Daily Star Update 4/2. I baited jaguar trap, research worker says. Attorney general opens investigation into capture. Biologist denies…

  • Another Mexican wolf shot

    Ralph Maughan

    Fewer than 50 now? Gray wolf’s shooting death under investigation. Associated Press. KSWT News This program simply has to undergo great revision by the new leadership at USFWS (this leadership has not yet been announced). Feds: Mexican gray wolf plan needs updating. By Susan Montoya Bryan. Associated Press.

  • Reaction to the latest try to delist wolves-

    Ralph Maughan

    Here are links to a number of reactions- NRDC. Flawed Flip-Flop on Wolves. Bush Administration changes course again with Endangered Species List re-removal. Defenders of Wildife. Bush administration rushes to strip protections from Northern Rockies wolves. Despite previous court decisions, administration again ignores Endangered Species Act requirements. Wyoming Chapter of the Sierra Club- News Release…

  • USFWS reinstates rules following Molloy's injunction

    Ralph Maughan

    This news release was issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today (July 22) in the wake of Judge Malloy’s decision returning the wolf in the Northern Rockies to the endangered species protections of various kinds (from experimental, non-essential to endangered, depending on the area). Those wolves in extreme northern Idaho and NW Montana…

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