Wolves in the West should be relisted under ESA, groups argue
From BozemanDailyChronicle.com:
MISSOULA — Attorneys for environmental groups on Wednesday argued that federal agencies failed to consider the science and state-level regulations when they opted against returning gray wolves to protected status in the western United States.
In a trio of 2024 federal lawsuits that have since been combined into a single case, 20 conservation organizations are asking U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy to require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reconsider its finding last year that gray wolves in the West don’t need to be re-listed under the Endangered Species Act.
