Wyoming's kill on site policy suit filed!

[shoots-straight]

http://www.defenders.org/publicatio...rotect-wyoming-wolves-defenders-v-salazar.pdf

I find it interesting that this news hasn't made it to many newspapers, nor any hunting sites that I visit. What's up with that.

Anyway, the suit against Wyoming's shoot on site policy is going to court.

0. In the 2009 delisting, FWS retained Wyoming’s wolves under federal ESA
protections, as FWS determined that the Wyoming portion of the range “represents a significant
portion of range where the species remains in danger of extinction because of inadequate
regulatory mechanisms.” 74 Fed. Reg. at 15,147. Specifically, FWS determined that
Wyoming’s extensive “predator” management area posed an obstacle to delisting, stating that
“the State’s regulatory framework should minimize take of non-problem wolves in all suitable
habitat and across all of Wyoming's potential migration routes among NRM subpopulations.” Id.
at 15,142. It further stated that “tatewide trophy game status will assist in this regard as
migrating wolves use the current predator area.” Id. FWS found that, for Wyoming delisting to
become appropriate, Wyoming would have to commit to managing for at least 15 breeding pairs
and at least 150 wolves in mid-winter, and at least 7 breeding pairs and at least 70 wolves in
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Wyoming outside Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Id. FWS stated that “uch
requirements are necessary to provide adequate buffers to prevent the population from falling
below recovery levels.” Id. FWS also raised significant concerns about the lack of genetic
connectivity caused by the predator status of wolves in 88% of Wyoming, finding that “the
extent of the predatory animal area certainly limits most opportunity for genetic and
demographic connectivity, a condition that will assist in sustaining wolf recovery in the GYA.”
Id. at 15,149 (emphasis added). FWS further found that Wyoming’s wolf management statutes
did not, in fact, support some of the claims of the state’s administrative wolf management plan,
and found that “[t]he very specific and deliberate intent, tone, and wording of Wyoming law
clearly continues to be the major impediment to Wyoming developing and implementing a wolf
management plan the Service can approve. In the past Wyoming has … almost without​

exception encouraged wolf take to drive the wolf population down to minimum recovery levels.”

 

[BuzzH]

It made the billings paper...

http://billingsgazette.com/news/sta...cle_3d07ac07-7e23-5b75-a3a6-515c1f8b4b94.html

 

[ridge-runner]

Don't know if this has been discussed either but looks like Malloy's ruling about the delisting process for wolves in MT and ID is no longer an argument or something to hang a hat on.

http://helenair.com/news/state-and-...cle_e23e880a-2a98-11e2-a1c1-001a4bcf887a.html