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BREAKING NEWSIN FOCUS
Obama Administration Strips Wolf Protections Across Most of Lower 48 States Plan Ends Prospects of Wolf Recovery in Southern Rockies, California, Northeast, Pacific Northwest WASHINGTON— In a move questioned by some of the world’s leading wolf researchers, the Obama administration announced plans today to prematurely strip Endangered Species Act protections from gray wolves across most of the lower 48 states, abruptly ending one of America’s most important species recovery programs. The proposal concludes that wolf protection in the continental United States, in place since 1978, is no longer needed, even though there are fledgling populations in places like the Pacific Northwest whose survival hinges on continued federal protection. Wolves today occupy just 5 percent of their historic habitat in the continental United States. Today’s proposal means that wolves will never fully reoccupy prime wolf habitat in the southern Rocky Mountains, California and Northeast, and will hinder ongoing recovery in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more about restoring the gray wolf. Contact: Noah Greenwald |
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