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General Category => National Outdoor News Headlines => Topic started by: mudbrook on December 16, 2008, 10:53:24 AM

Title: Wolves may be delisted in the Northern Rockies-- again
Post by: mudbrook on December 16, 2008, 10:53:24 AM
Wolves may be delisted Northern Rockies-- again

LANDER -- The Bush administration could remove wolves from the federal endangered species list this week, an official said.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had previously announced its intention to delist gray wolves in the Northern Rockies by the end of this year.

But Ed Bangs, the federal gray wolf recovery coordinator for the Fish and Wildlife Service, said it is possible a new delisting rule could be out and published in the Federal Register on or before Friday.

"We're hoping to get it out [this week], but whether that happens or not, I don't know," Bangs said.
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