Federal Government Denies Petitions to Restore Protections for Gray Wolves

Montana Free Press
February 4, 2024


The federal agency that oversees the Endangered Species Act announced late last week that it will not add Northern Rockies wolves back onto the list of threatened and endangered species.

In an announcement on February 2, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said that it's decision was based on it's analysis of "the best available data" from federal, state and tribal sources, academic institutions and the public.
The agency found that the number and distribution of gray wolves, paired with the population's genetic diversity, indicate that wolves are not facing extinction.

"The model assessed various threats, including human-caused mortality, existing regulatory mechanisms, and disease," the agency wrote in the release.
"The analysis indicates that wolves are not at risk of extinction in the Western United States now or in the foreseeable future."

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