Biden criticism (not Afghanistan)

[sarisataka]

Biden backs end to wolf protections but hunting worries grow

President Joe Biden's administration is sticking by the decision under former President Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. But a top federal wildlife official on Friday told The Associated Press there is growing concern over aggressive wolf hunting seasons adopted for the predators in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains.

Wolves under federal protection made a remarkable rebound in parts of the U.S. over the past several decades, after being driven from the landscape by excessive hunting and trapping in the early 1900s.

States took over wolf management last decade in the Northern Rockies and in January for the remainder of the Lower 48 states, including the Great Lakes and Pacific Northwest.

https://kstp.com/minnesota-news/biden-backs-end-to-wolf-protections-but-hunting-worries-grow/6214307/?cat=12196

I understand and do not object to hunting as a means of wildlife management, however when it comes to wolves sound environmental policy is second to politics. The example given in the article is Wisconsin wildlife management advised in favor of a hunting season limited to 130 wolves. The legislature increased that to 300 due to pressure from livestock farmers and others who oppose wolves. Three hundred wolves is 40% of the estimated population.

Biden should support Federal oversight of state policies or we may soon find wolves nearing extinction again in the lower 48 states.

[marble falls]

1. He's "leaning to" but not carving in stone. The states could do more about the hunting of ...

... wolves if the Fed comes up short.