Judge: Feds must reconsider wolf protections

Wolves remain under state control in Idaho following legal victory for conservationists

Although conservationists are celebrating a legal victory this week in their fight to restore protections for wolves in the West, wolves remain under state control in Idaho, where hunting and trapping remain legal, Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials…

Judge: Feds must reconsider wolf protections

Environmental groups on Tuesday cheered a ruling by a federal judge in Missoula ordering federal regulators back to the drawing board to consider endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Western U.S.

Wolves Remain Under State Control in Idaho Despite Legal Victory for Conservationists

BOISE, ID – Although conservationists are celebrating a legal victory this week in their fight to restore protections for wolves in the West, wolves remain under state control in Idaho, where hunting and trapping remain legal, Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials said Thursday. The issue involves a new ruling in a lawsuit filed earlier this year in U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. This week, conservationists told the Idaho…

Local Management Critical as Courts Reopen Wolf Protection Debate

On August 5, a federal judge in Montana vacated the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s standing determination that gray wolves in the Western U.S. do not warran

E&E News: After court loss, feds face more decisions on gray wolf

U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy sided with environmental groups in what has become a consolidated challenge to federal gray wolf decisionmaking.