Not sure where this belongs but here is a prefiled bill that should hit home with a lot of hunters/outdoorsmen & women concerning the regional management of mammalian apex predators. (read wolves)
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2214.pdf NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.
(1) The fish and wildlife commission must suspend any management plan or planning process for a mammalian apex predator species listed as endangered, threatened, or sensitive in Washington under RCW 77.12.020 if the species in question is not listed as endangered under the federal endangered species act for the entirety of the state of Washington's land mass.
(2) The suspension of any management plan affected by this section may not be lifted unless the fish and wildlife commission amends the plan to be consistent with any regional changes in species status petitioned for under section 2 of this act.
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HB 2214
http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A00DA quick check over at U.S. Fish and Wildlife shows the species listing status as "delisted due to recovery".
As this species is not listed in RCW 77.12.020 I read this as a screeching stop to the WDFW wolf plan if the bill passes.
~Whitney
