Gray Wolf Delisting Bills to Be Introduced
Saturday, January 21st, 2017 -- 8:47 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -The state's largest farm organization says it is backing federal legislation that would delist the gray wolf in Wisconsin and other nearby states.The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation says the Gray Wolf Delisting Bill, which was introduced in both the House and Senate this week, would reinstate the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's order to remove the wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming from the federal Endangered Species List. It would also provide legal clarity for the gray wolf's status on the Endangered Species list.
The measure was co-authored in the House of Representatives by Reps. Sean Duffy and Collin Peterson; with the Senate version being drafted by Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin. They claim the number of wolves in Wisconsin also exceeds the FWS criteria to federally delist wolves.
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