BizPac Review By Â
Thomas Catenacci, DCNF
- A federal district court restored protections for the U.S. gray wolf population on Thursday, ruling that a Trump administration action failed to consider threats posed to the species.
- âThe Court concludes the (FWS) failed to adequately consider the threats to wolves outside of the core populations in the Great Lakes and Northern Rocky Mountains in delisting the entire species,â Judge Jeffrey White, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, wrote in the decision.
- In October 2020, the Department of the Interior and Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the gray wolf population had been successfully recovered and that it would be delisted from the Endangered Species Act.
A federal district court restored protections for the U.S. gray wolf population on Thursday, ruling that a Trump administration action failed to consider threats posed to the species.
Judge Jeffrey White, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, found that the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Trump administration ignored the âbest available scienceâ when formulating the rule. The agency improperly concluded that West Coast wolves were not distinct from the Northern Rocky Mountain wolf population, White said.
