JUNE 8 STATUS OF WOLF DELISTING NEWS

This is the current status supplied by the USFWS about the reasons that the Obama Administration has officially declared wolves to be delisted from the ESA federal protections.

http://www.fws.gov/graywolfrecovery062013.html

June 7, 2013

Successful Recovery Efforts Prompt Service Proposal to Delist Gray Wolf

Four decades of work by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners to protect and recover the gray wolf (Canis lupus) have successfully brought the species back from the brink of extinction in the western Great Lakes and Northern Rocky Mountains. As a result of these successful efforts to ensure that the gray wolf is no longer threatened with extinction as a species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to remove it from the list of threatened and endangered species throughout the United States and Mexico, while maintaining protection for the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) in the Southwest.

The Service will continue federal protection and expand recovery efforts for the Mexican wolf in the Southwest by proposing to designate the Mexican wolf as an endangered subspecies under the Endangered Species Act and to modify existing regulations governing the nonessential experimental population. Outside of that recovery area, management and protection of wolves would be returned to state wildlife management agency professionals, following approved wolf management plans in states where wolves occur or are likely to occur in the future.

NOTE: The comment period on these proposals will open when the proposals publish in the Federal Register (scheduled the week of June 10). At that time, the Fish and Wildlife Service will publicly announce the opening of the comment period and provide instructions on this web page and through other channels.

News Release

What Supporters Are Saying

FAQs

Federal Register Notices: Gray wolf; Mexican wolf:

More information: Gray wolf profile page

Regional Information: Gray wolf:  Mountain Prairie Region;   Midwest Region;  Mexican wolf: Southwest Region

USFWS Gray Wolf Flickr Page

FWS Director Dan Ashe blog on wolves

ANOTHER EMAIL BLITZ TO #KEEPWOLVESLISTED : NEW CONTACT:Council on Environmental Quality

Courtesy blog.yimmyayo~dot~com




Hello Wolf Folks!
If you would, we need to go another round of emails to #keepwolveslisted

We need to speak to Nancy Sutley, who is the chair of the Council on Environmental Quality = CEQ, Nancy Sutley reports directly to President Barack Obama and is responsible for coordinating the actions of all federal agencies who deal with protections of USA wildlife, land, air and water. We need to implore that she use her position to intervene for our wolves and make the decision to keep them listed under the federal protection of the the Endangered Species Act a permanent decision, not just the temporary stay of execution that we have now. 

Website: Council on Environmental Quality 
 Web Contact: Contact the Council on Environmental Quality 

This is the email link:
FN-CEQ-OpenGov@ceq.eop.gov

This is the page the email link is on, under share your ideas
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/open

Address: The White House 
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW 
Washington, DC 20500
Phone Number: (202) 456-1111
(202) 456-1414 (Switchboard)
TTY: (202) 456-6213


Here is mine, please do add, edit, and most preferably use as an example to write your own, as it has more impact .

Greetings Nancy Sutley!

My name is ............ , and I need to ask you to do me a huge favor.

I need for you to use every resource you have at your disposal to protect America's wolves by listing them under the Endangered Species Act federal protections.

I assume you already know all of the stats, facts, and backstory here.

Already I have written to the Secretary or the Interior, Sally Jewell, President Barack Obama, and my state senators and representatives.

Please, we need your help for our wolves.

Over 75,000 wolf activists have voiced their opposition to this dangerous decision to delist America's wolves from the E.S.A.

Since Ken Salazar decided that it was a good idea to do so, we have witnessed the slaughter of 1500 wolves in the U.S.A.

Nancy, our wolves will NEVER recover at this rate, and we will indeed be reporting that the American wolf in the wild has been listed as extinct, if this decision is not reversed permanently.

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing that you have taken strong action to ensure that our wolves have a chance to survive another generation.

Sincerely,

Remember to please add some form of address here for yourself, so that you are valid.

Scientists to President Obama : DON'T END WOLF PROTECTIONS

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Scientists to Obama: Don’t End Wolf Protections

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Animal Connection

WASHINGTON— In two sharply worded letters sent to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today, prominent scientists argued for continued protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states and criticized a draft federal proposal to remove those protections for being premature and failing to follow the best available science. One of the letters came from the American Society of Mammalogists, the other from 16 prominent biologists.

“The science simply doesn’t support removal of protections for wolves,” said Dr. Brad Bergstrom with the American Society of Mammalogists. “Wolves are altogether absent or barely beginning to recover in large swathes of the country that still contain excellent habitat.”

Signatories to the letter include several scientists who conducted research that’s relied on by the government in its draft proposed rule. Those scientists are now criticizing the agency for misrepresenting their work, stating: “Collectively, we represent many of the scientists responsible for the research referenced in the draft rule,” and “We do not believe that the rule reflects the conclusions of our work or the best available science concerning the recovery of wolves.”

“No animal is more important to the North American landscape than gray wolves,” said Bergstrom. “The science shows that wolves are not yet recovered in the Pacific Northwest, California, the southern Rockies and the Northeast.”

As noted in the scientists’ letter, research conducted following the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park found that wolves “caused changes in elk numbers and behavior which then facilitated recovery of streamside vegetation, benefitting beavers, fish and songbirds.”

“In these two letters, scientists are simply asking the administration to acknowledge what the research clearly shows — that gray wolves are far from recovered,” said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “There’s still time to reverse course and do what’s best for these beautiful animals and the landscape we all share.”

Earlier this month, leaders of six national environmental groups also sent Jewell a letter urging her to keep wolf protections in place and last week, Representative Raúl Grijalva sent a similar letter.

Learn more about gray wolves .

DECISION ON DELISTING WOLF PROTECTIONS UNDER ESA IN LOWER 48 STATES DELAYED

FOLKS! YOUR EMAILS ARE WORKING! LETS KEEP AT IT AND SUPPORT THESE FOLKS. WE ARE ALL ONE FOR THE WOLVES! THANK YOU!

WOLF ACTION UPDATE: THE MONTANA GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED OVER 5,000 E-MAILS IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS!
Wolves of the Rockies texted us with this phenomenal news. Our deepest thanks to our entire H.A.N.D.S. network.
NOW, LET'S KEEP MOVING & SHARING!

Adelheid Adelliam

STOP WOLF HUNTS (Discussion)  -  May 20, 2013

Do you see what I see here? Am I reading this correctly???
Adelheid Adelliam originally shared:
!!!!!THANK YOU > THE WOLF ARMY
Great news...and it also means that we have to keep the pressure up....

We keep that pressure up here:
http://nowolfhaters.blogspot.com/p/email-congress-state-by-state.html
PLEASE HELP! And let's make this GREAT NEWS FOR WOLVES! FOREVER
SHARE with everyone you think will send an email. Thank you! ~Heidi and Olaf

Let's make the headline below read GREAT NEWS FOR WOLVES ! FOREVER

GREAT NEWS FOR WOLVES! FOR NOW
http://exposingthebiggame.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/great-news-for-wolves-for-now/

Decision on wolf protections in Lower 48 delayed...

BILLINGS — Federal wildlife officials are postponing a much-anticipated decision on whether to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states.

In a court filing Monday, government attorneys say “a recent unexpected delay” is indefinitely holding up action on the predators. No further explanation was offered.

Gray wolves are under protection as an endangered species and have recovered dramatically from widespread extermination in recent decades.

More than 6,000 of the animals now roam the continental U.S. Most live in the Northern Rockies and western Great Lakes, where protections already have been lifted.

A draft proposal to lift protections elsewhere drew strong objections when it was revealed last month.

Wildlife advocates and some members of Congress argue that the wolf’s recovery is incomplete because the animal occupies just a fraction of its historical range.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/viewart/20130520/NEWS01/305200018/

Photo credit : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
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ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

Endangered Species Act via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/laws-policies/

Endangered Species Act | Overview
When Congress passed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1973, it recognized that our rich natural heritage is of “esthetic, ecological, educational, recreational, and scientific value to our Nation and its people.” It further expressed concern that many of our nation’s native plants and animals were in danger of becoming extinct.

The purpose of the ESA is to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend. It is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Commerce Department’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The FWS has primary responsibility for terrestrial and freshwater organisms, while the responsibilities of NMFS are mainly marine wildlife such as whales and anadromons fish such as salmon.

Under the ESA, species may be listed as either endangered or threatened. “Endangered” means a species is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. “Threatened” means a species is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future. All species of plants and animals, except pest insects, are eligible for listing as endangered or threatened. For the purposes of the ESA, Congress defined species to include subspecies, varieties, and, for vertebrates, distinct population segments.

Please see FWS link below to learn more and for all the details, download the ESA fact sheet. [120KB]:

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/laws-policies/