CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Six conservation groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent federal government decision not to protect wolves in the northern U.S.
Rocky Mountain region under the Endangered Species Act, arguing that states are exercising too much leeway to keep the predators' numbers to a minimum. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Six conservation groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent federal government decision not to protect wolves in the northern U.
S. Rocky Mountain region under the Endangered Species Act, arguing that states are exercising too much leeway to keep the predators' numbers to a minimum. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? CHEYENNE, Wyo.
(AP) — Six conservation groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent federal government decision not to protect wolves in the northern U.S. Rocky Mountain region under the Endangered Species Act, arguing that states are exercising too much leeway to keep the predators’ numbers to a minimum.
The groups sued the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the directors of those agencies July 2 in U.S.
District Court in Missoula, Montana. The lawsuit follows a Fish and Wildlife Service decision in February to reject conservationists’ requests to restore endangered species protections across the region. Wolves are in no danger of extinction as states seek to red.
