Deal reached to lift wolf protections in Idaho, Montana

[IDemo]

BY ROCKY BARKER
Published: 03/19/11

Once again U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy will decide whether to take wolves in Idaho and Montana off the endangered species list, after a settlement announced Friday between environmental groups and the Obama administration.

If Molloy goes along with the deal, Idahoans could again hunt wolves this fall. The settlement came because legislation to remove Endangered Species Act protection for wolves sponsored by Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson and Montana’s two Democratic senators was likely to pass Congress.

“This settlement proposal makes it clear to me that those who have forced wolvesback on the endangered species list realize that their position is not defensible,” Simpson said in a statement Friday.

He said that if Molloy does not accept the agreement, Congress may still step in. “I will continue to push to have this measure signed into law.”

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/03/19/1572014/settlement-reached-on-wolves.html

[Mojorabbit]

1. This breaks my heart.

I thought when this admin was elected I would be able to stop writing letters in defense of these wolves but it has not been so.