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  • A Hole in the Endangered Species Act. NYT editorial

    Ralph Maughan

    NYT condemns Salazar and his acquiescence to delisting the wolf by legislative rider- A Hole in the Endangered Species Act. New York Times.

  • Molloy denies wolf settlement

    Ken Cole

    Says that the agreement is illegal Today Montana District Court Judge Donald Molloy denied the settlement agreement put forth by 10 of the 14 environmental groups who sued to keep wolves protected under the Endangered Species Act.  The settling parties had asked the judge to set aside his previous ruling which found that the USFWS…

  • Meltwater Stonefly “Warranted But Precluded” For ESA Protection

    Brian Ertz

    Meltwater Stonefly (Lednia tumana) The Meltwater Stonefly, an aquatic insect scientists consider can be “ideal early warning indicators of climate warming in mountain ecosystems” is the latest in the long list of species abandoned by the Obama Administration using the “Warranted But Precluded” determination to deny meaningful protections under the Endangered Species Act. Rare fly won’t…

  • Dozens protest wolves outside Missoula court hearing

    Ralph Maughan

    Numbers were a big anti-wolf disappointment- Disappointing small number of anti-wolf protesters show up at Molloy hearing. Missoulian. By Ken Briggeman.

  • Wolf settlement hearing today.

    Ken Cole

    The hearing on the “wolf settlement” begins in just a few minutes.  I won’t guess what the outcome will be but I think the case against the settlement is pretty strong. It also appears that the backlash against the settling parties has been strong among wolf supporters with many stating that they have removed their…

  • Some groups settle on wolf delisting lawsuit; others don’t

    Ralph Maughan

    Groups pursue different strategies for a variety of reasons- I suppose there might be different statements from some of the groups. I think the differences were based on differing perceptions of what the future holds in terms of legislation and the worthiness of the Administration’s position of protecting the existing population of wolves. Personally, I…

  • Grizzly’s threatened status heard before Ninth Circuit

    Ken Cole

    Grizzly’s threatened status appealed in 9th Circuit court. Washington Post Update added on March 14: Audio of hearing before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. I listened to most of this. The government attorney seemed to perform weakly in response to questions, IMO. I didn’t think the National Wildlife Federation did well intervening on behalf…

  • Poll Finds Strong Public Support for ESA… and Wolves

    Ken Cole

    With all of the vitriol surrounding wolves in the Northern Rockies you would think that more and more people are opposed to wolf recovery and the Endangered Species Act. Not so fast according to a recent poll which found that Americans strongly support the Endangered Species Act and wolf recovery.  They also feel that scientists,…

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