Deadline to appeal Ninth Circuit’s decision on NRM wolves expired

[bearpaw]

Here's a bit of good news.
Now...let's stop dragging our feet and get to work...take wolf numbers down as close as possible to the agreed upon recovery goals (set forth in the NRM Wolf Recovery Plan and the 1994 USFWS Environmental Impact Statement)...and turn this wildlife version of a train wreck around!
 
Toby Bridges
LOBO WATCH
 
www.lobowatch.com
   
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ted Lyon <tblyon@tedlyon.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 1:02 PM
Subject: Wolf litigation
To: Toby Bridges lobowatch1@gmail.com

Toby,
 
We have won the northern Rocky Mountain wolf litigation.  The deadline to try and appeal the Ninth Circuit’s decision in our favor to the U.S. Supreme Court expired on Tuesday June 12, 2012 at midnight.  I have verified with the Clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court that the required paperwork for an appeal has not been filed, and so the Ninth Circuit’s decision is absolutely final.
 
For more than a decade, various groups have fought to delist the wolf in the northern Rocky Mountains without success.  It took your efforts to finally see the task accomplished.  As a result, the wolf populations are now being managed by state wildlife agencies, and you can begin the work of rebuilding the populations of elk, moose, mule deer, etc. that have been decimated by this ecological disaster.
 
Sincerely,
 
Ted B. Lyon
 
Ted B. Lyon & Associates, P.C.
18601 LBJ Freeway, Suite 525
Mesquite, Texas 75150
(972) 279-6571 - Office
(972) 279-3021 - Fax
tblyon@tedlyon.com

[THunt]

Wow great news!!!

[pianoman9701]

Thanks for the update, Dale. Great news!

[Machias]

Folks,

Today is a good day for the future of wildlife in America.  The court victory which upholding the constitutionality of the Congressional wolf delisting is now final. This has been a long time coming.  Thank you for your support and patience on this important endeavor.  See the correspondence below from our attorney Ted Lyon. 

Here is what is happening: No appeal has been filed with the Supreme Court on the Congressional Wolf delisting challenge.  This means that all legal remedies have been exhausted by the parties challenging the wolf delisting provisions.  The 9th circuit ruling upholding the Congressional wolf delisting language is now the law of the land. Wolf management in Idaho and Montana can continue without the cloud of this litigation.

We are grateful to the other conservation organizations that joined as parties in the wolf litigation.  Certainly this was the effort of not a few, but of many.  In particular, we are grateful to attorney Ted Lyon for his tireless work on the lawsuit on behalf of the conservation organizations and for his work in obtaining for passage of wolf delisting legislation in Congress.

Thank you for your tireless support,

--
Ryan Benson
http://biggameforever.org/
ryandbenson@msn.com

[silverdalesauer]

  Good News, Indeed!

Now, let's see Washington get on the right path too...before it gets out of control! 

[Elkaholic daWg]

 

[GrainfedMuley]

Good News, Indeed!

Now, let's see Washington get on the right path too...before it gets out of control! 

Good wishful thinking.  Mt Rainier will blow up fisrt. WAY too many tree huggers in the Puget Sound voting base.

[pianoman9701]

Good News, Indeed!

Now, let's see Washington get on the right path too...before it gets out of control! 

Good wishful thinking.  Mt Rainier will blow up fisrt. WAY too many tree huggers in the Puget Sound voting base.

This is hopeful for the eastern 1/3 of the state. The rest has still not delisted.

[BOWHUNTER45]

right on ....happy to hear that people are actually getting their brains to function....

[JimmyHoffa]

Here's a question someone better versed in the WA wolf plan might be able to answer.
This decision applies to the Northern Rockies area, of which the eastern 1/3 of WA is included.  The areas in the Northern Rockies needed the whole area to meet a recovery objective before delisting (federally).  WA wolf plan is calling for 15 breeding pairs/3 years before state delisting.  But aren't the feds considering a Pacific Coast Region or something as a different recovery zone--WA(western 2/3)/OR/Northern CA?  So if WA meets its state recovery goal to delist and OR and CA (overall region) are still lacking for federal delisting; when WA would get to manage it would only be in the eastern 1/3 of the state? 

[bearpaw]

Here's a question someone better versed in the WA wolf plan might be able to answer.
This decision applies to the Northern Rockies area, of which the eastern 1/3 of WA is included.  The areas in the Northern Rockies needed the whole area to meet a recovery objective before delisting (federally).  WA wolf plan is calling for 15 breeding pairs/3 years before state delisting.  But aren't the feds considering a Pacific Coast Region or something as a different recovery zone--WA(western 2/3)/OR/Northern CA?  So if WA meets its state recovery goal to delist and OR and CA (overall region) are still lacking for federal delisting; when WA would get to manage it would only be in the eastern 1/3 of the state?

I don't think that WA currently can take over management of wolves in the western 2/3 of the state even if they wanted. There is an ongoing review by USFWS to determine if the western 2/3 of WA/OR is a distinct population segment. The outcome will determine if the state can take over management of wolves in the western 2/3 of the state.