USFWS Will Attempt To Delist Wolves Again
October 24, 2008
What I would like to say here, I guess I will refrain from as best I can. Ed Bangs, whom I’m convinced is a rogue ruler of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has announced that the Service will begin proceedings to remove the gray wolf from protection of the Endangered Species Act.
The USFWS successfully delisted the wolf last year until a barrage of lawsuits filed by animal rights groups ended in Judge Donald Molloy granting an injunction to put the wolf back on the ESA list. Shortly thereafter, Ed Bangs announced the USFWS was withdrawing its proposal to delist the wolf.
That was only one month ago and already Bangs announcement has to leave all of us wondering what in the heck he is doing? According to an afternoon article in the Washington Post, Bangs said the USFWS would begin hearing public comments on the proposal beginning Tuesday, October 28 and running for the required 30 days.
Nothing in the press release posted at the USFWS website sheds anymore light than what has been said here.
Certainly, we can’t expect Bangs to proceed with another round of delisting without making some changes. Asking for public comment is a bit difficult when we have no idea what changes the USFWS is proposing. Perhaps he just thinks he can trick the judge this time.
News and information about the Northern Rocky Mountains gray wolf can be found here.
Tom Remington
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You mean you’re not supposed to shoot wolves yet? oop’s, sorry. I hope they can get it right this time. Even with a season there is no way that wolves would be taken down to the numbers that the wolf lovers ar worried about. We’re gettin a hell o a lot of wolves up here in North Idaho and it’s still hard to see one. Lots of sign and lots of howling and lots of kills but seeing one is a rarity for most.
You must have some dog fir thick timber and brush there. They are hard to spot, but when you figure out where the den is then you can spy on em. We got open country and thick timber here, sometimes they walk right thru the yard in daylight.
I talked to my brother-in-law yesterday about how his hunt is going, not very good. They are hunting south of cda on mica mountain. About 400 acres o private bordering thousands of public. Anyway the guy that owns the private has hunted there the laast 33 years and this is the worst hunting they’ve ever had. He talked to a warden about it and the warden said the elk herd was down about 40% from last year some due to the harsh winter but alot of it due to wolves. I actually wonder how long we’ll have before they start taking away our big game hunts because ofabunch ofdamn dogs. SS
Well they already started doing that Mike, controlled elk tags were cut by 50%. Almost no cow tags down my way. A friend in Wyoming just north of Jackson Hole told me the resident tags have been cut in half. As well I hear from two venders here that non-resident tags have been cut a bunch, maybe 50% or more. I bet we go to a draw only system soon, or worse.
We’ve been spoiled up here in the north to date. Pretty long seasons and some good primitive hunts. It can be pretty tough hunting, lots of thick brush and some pretty rugged terrain. A ot of places that a horse or mule would do no good. I look for them to start taking away our hunts here by choosing weapons and seasons, things that Colorado went to the last few years I lived there.What worries me is all the land that I hear hey may be locking up by closing roads hats been there for years. I don’t mind a tough hunt and I’ve been very successful with elk and deer by actually getting out and hunting hard, but I am getting older and this season after packing out my elk I hate to admit it, I was beat, hopefully they’ll keep some areas the way they are to where some of the older hunters can still njoy a hunt through the woods once in awhile.