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Gray wolves across nation are under federal protections again but not Wyoming, Idaho, Montana wolvesIn 2020, the Trump administration delisted all of the gray wolves in the U.S. that were not already delisted. That included wolves in the Great Lakes and the western portions of Washington, California and Oregon. But in a new ruling on Feb. 10, the judge said that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to show that wolf populations were sustainable without protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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The Bureau of Land Management is once again reviewing land use as it’s related to the sage grouse. This is the latest move to protect the bird as its numbers continue to dwindle, pushing to closer to an endangered species listing.
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This week a federal judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reevaluate a petition from two advocacy groups, the Buffalo Field Campaign and the Western Watersheds Project. They have been petitioning the federal government since 2014 to recognize the subpopulation of Yellowstone buffalo under the Endangered Species Act.
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After an Associated Press article reported that hunters have killed 20 Yellowstone National Park wolves that wandered from the park's boundary this season, environmental organizations are calling on the federal government to relist gray wolves in the northern Rockies on an emergency basis.
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As grizzlies move beyond the boundaries of the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem and create conflict, Montana seeks full management authority.
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Wyoming is moving forward in its effort to return grizzly bear management back to the states. This comes after Governor Gordon announced his commitment to put the bears back under state control.The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has approved a new management plan and is now awaiting Montana and Idaho to approve it.
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In 2015, the USFWS implemented a new rule known as 10j that turned over black-footed ferret management to the State of Wyoming. According to WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project, and Rocky Mountain Wild, the state has since mishandled the ferret's reintroduction and management.
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The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service said on Thursday it is initiating a comprehensive status review of the gray wolf to determine if federal protections need to be reinstated. Conservation groups petitioned the service because of aggressive wolf hunting campaigns in Montana and Idaho.
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Wyoming is asking the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service to restore state management of grizzly bears.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and partners have started a targeted hazing operation on a grizzly bear and her two cubs. The grizzly family has been appearing regularly on a section of Togwotee Pass. And because the pass isn't far from Grand Teton National Park, tourists have been making the mistake of stopping to observe the bears when they drive by and spot them.