GOP lawmakers have administration ally to end predator species protections

GOP lawmakers have administration ally to end predator species protections

As congressional Republicans push to delist gray wolf and grizzly bear populations from Endangered Species Act protections, they now have an ally in the administration who has taken a skeptical view of the law designed for the purpose. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director Brian Nesvik, who was confirmed in August, has advocated delisting the Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear and said both the bear and gray wolf populations have recovered. Rep. Lauren …