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The wolf crisis is back in the spotlight in Congress, as several legislators are leading an effort to delist gray wolves. From Cowboy State Daily:
“The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to delist gray wolves in the Lower 48 states from federal protections under the Endangered Species Act, passing legislation that Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman co-sponsored from the day it was introduced. H.R. 845, the Pet and Livestock Protection Act, passed 211-204 largely along party lines. The bill, written by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, and Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisconsin, instructs the Department of Interior to reissue a 2020 Trump administration rule that delisted the gray wolf nationwide.”
The measure is drawing controversy because “the bill also declares that reissuance of the final rule under Section 2 shall not be subject to judicial review… In other words, district court judges can’t halt the delisting.”
It may seem odd that the legislature can declare their actions above judicial review but, then again, Congress declares themselves special privileges all the time.
As for the wolves, Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN) claims the species has fully recovered. "It's been proven time and time again that the gray wolf is not endangered and, in fact, has fully recovered," Stauber said during floor debates. "When the gray wolf was listed as threatened in Minnesota under the Endangered Species Act in 1978, a recovery goal of 1,250 to 1,400 wolves was set.”
The news is encouraging for Colorado’s agriculture producers — the misguided wolf project has hit our state particularly hard.
"Colorado's agricultural producers have lost $580,000 in just one year from wolves already introduced," Lauren Boebert said during her floor remarks. "In March of this year, one of the Canadian wolves attacked and killed a working cattle dog in Jackson County, Colorado."
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