How Wolves Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change
From Nonprofit Quarterly:
Colorado plans to reintroduce wolves by the end of 2023. The proposal was tentatively given the green light by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which issued a draft statement of approval.
In their draft decision, the US Fish and Wildlife Service wrote that Colorado can establish what’s called a “nonessential experimental population”—a designation for groups on which the entire species’ survival doesn’t depend. This will allow for control of the gray wolf population within Colorado and provide conservation of the species. The Colorado plan falls under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, in the section devoted exclusively to species recovery.
