Since the original
wolf recovery plans were written in the 1980s, we've learned much more about wolves» behavior, ecology and needs.
Not exact matches
State officials have said they are unwilling to approve new releases until FWS updates its
recovery plan for the
wolf, which was written in 1982.
KEY DOCUMENTS 2012 preliminary injuncion sought by the Center to protect Minnesota
wolves from hunting and trapping 1998 federal
recovery plan addendum 1992 federal
recovery plan
In seeking separate recognition of Mexican
wolves through today's lawsuit, the Center hopes to force the agency to implement the reforms and complete a new
recovery plan, in the works since as far back as 1995.
December 21, 2010 — With no response to our July 20 petition, we filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish a national
recovery plan for gray
wolves.
The Center requested that the policy be applied not just in the Apache National Forest portion of the Blue
Wolf Range
Recovery Area, but also on all lands governed by the Apache - Sitgreaves National Forest's Revised Forest
Plan.
We also filed a scientific petition with California officials to place
wolves on the state's endangered list and prepare a
recovery plan — and in early June 2014 the California Fish and Game Commission voted to protect
wolves under the state Endangered Species Act, just hours after scientists confirmed that OR - 7 — the
wolf that wandered into California in late 2011 and returned periodically — had sired pups in southern Oregon.
January 2005 — The Center participated in a successful coalition lawsuit overturning a Service
wolf reclassification rule that downlisted
wolves to threatened, divided gray
wolves into distinct population segments, and precipitated a
recovery -
planning process that would have established Mexican gray
wolves outside their historic range instead of where they evolved.
November 1998 — In the same year that
wolves were first reintroduced into the wild, the Center developed the
Wolf Safe Haven
Plan to help guide
recovery efforts and ensure that
wolves were fully protected.
September 10, 2014 — A coalition of conservation groups, including the Center, put the Fish and Wildlife Service on notice that they intend to bring a lawsuit to hold the agency accountable for failing to produce and implement a valid
recovery plan for the imperiled Mexican gray
wolf.
April 26, 2016 — A coalition of
wolf - conservation groups, environmental organizations and a retired federal
wolf biologist announced a court settlement requiring the Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare its long - delayed
recovery plan for Mexican gray
wolves by November 2017.
In recent years, however, a number of
recovery plans have been developed, with the goal of returning
wolves to their natural habitats and ultimately removing them from the endangered and threatened species lists.
Recovery plans work, but only if they truly address the threats to the species,» said Shaye
Wolf, climate science director for the Center for Biological Diversity, in a report from Washington Post.