RMEF Intervenes in Wolf Relisting Lawsuit
From Grand View Outdoors:
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and a coalition of conservation organizations have joined a federal lawsuit in opposition to environmentalists attempting to strip state management of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and return the predators to the Endangered Species list.
In May, U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy allowed RMEF, Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation and Safari Club International to intervene in support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s science-backed decision to keep wolves in the Northern Rockies under state management. The move comes in response to a lawsuit filed by environmental groups, including the Center for Biological Diversity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Western Watershed Projects, challenging the Service’s denial of their petitions to invoke federal protections for wolves. The groups claim that wolf management policies in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho jeopardize wolves and that counting and population-estimation methods used by the states are flawed.
