Trump Gives Feds 90 Days to Consider Removing Endangered Species Protections for Wolves
The order gives Interior Secretary Doug Burgum 90 days to act as wolf advocates warn the move could trigger new court fights.
- On September 4, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to decide within 90 days whether to remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray and Mexican wolves.
- The executive order reflects the Trump Administration's Ranchers First Initiative, which Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said aims to defend and promote ranchers following policies from former President Joe Biden.
- Former government trapper Carter Niemeyer noted wolves kill about 200 livestock annually, representing less than 1% of losses among more than 6 million cattle in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.
- Wolf advocates, including Center for Biological Diversity senior attorney Collette Atkins, argue the move is premature and threaten legal challenges, calling the order a "distraction" from broader agricultural concerns.
- Burgum must prepare a legislative recommendation for Trump regarding potential delisting or downlisting, while wolves remain protected in regions where removal efforts have not yet occurred under the Endangered Species Act.
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Trump gives feds 90 days to consider removing endangered species protections for wolves
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