Post by: bearpaw on September 11, 2012, 10:01:55 AM
BEN NEARY Associated Press September 10, 2012
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Two coalitions of environmental groups filed notice Monday that they intend to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the agency's decision to end federal protections for wolves in Wyoming.
The groups oppose the state of Wyoming's classification of wolves as predators that can be shot on sight in more than 80 percent of state when federal protections end Oct. 1. Wyoming also has scheduled a regulated trophy wolf hunt in the remainder of the state, an area around the eastern and southern borders of Yellowstone National Park, starting next month.
The environmental groups emphasize that Wyoming's current wolf management plan is similar to an earlier version that the federal agency repudiated after initially accepting it a few years ago. They claim the federal government is stopping wolf management for political reasons, not because the current plan is any better than the last one.
"The Wyoming wolf plan and removing protections for Wyoming wolves is a disaster for wolf recovery," said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director for the Center for Biological Diversity in Portland, Ore.
Both coalitions filed their notice to sue Monday in federal court in Washington.
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Post by: sebek556 on September 11, 2012, 10:05:25 AM
Post by: CedarPants on September 11, 2012, 10:19:53 AM
They claim the federal government is stopping wolf management for political reasons
Funny claim considering wolf populations have been allowed to explode for political reasons
Post by: denali on September 11, 2012, 10:34:04 AM
"The numbers that they show when they talk about statewide statistics have nothing to do with the elk herds that are being impacted in northwestern Wyoming," Gilliland said. "Those elk herds are being severely impacted. The moose, the Shiras moose, is all but extinct in northwestern Wyoming. Several moose areas have been closed to hunting. There's virtually no moose population left north of Jackson, west of Cody, or north of Dubois."
last two paragraphs of similar story from the Capitol Press.
moose tags in WA will go from once in a lifetime > never in your lifetime. :bash:
Post by: NW-GSP on September 11, 2012, 10:54:00 AM
Post by: FALFire on September 11, 2012, 04:37:29 PM
Post by: bearpaw on September 11, 2012, 04:39:48 PM
Geeeeeee.......I never saw that coming :DOH:
:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
They do not like the WY plan, wolves shot on sight in most of the state like it should be in Washington. :mgun:
Post by: KyleMB123 on September 12, 2012, 01:39:40 AM
Post by: MikeWalking on September 12, 2012, 03:41:37 AM
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The groups oppose the state of Wyoming's classification of wolves as predators
Wow!! Wyoming has Vegan wolves?? :dunno: :chuckle:
Post by: KyleMB123 on September 12, 2012, 02:33:57 PM
QuoteThe groups oppose the state of Wyoming's classification of wolves as predators
Wow!! Wyoming has Vegan wolves?? :dunno: :chuckle:
I think the pro-wolfers want the wolves to be classified as big game rather than predators. This is probably because the state manages big game differently than predators. If you continue reading the article it goes on to state that if wolves are classified as predators they can be shot on sight in 80 percent of the state (I presume with nothing more than a hunting license similar to how coyotes are managed).