Tiffany introduces bill to remove gray wolf from Endangered Species List
By: Kevin Passon
Congressman Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) led 21 members of Congress in reintroducing the Trust the Science Act that would remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List. “It’s a scientific fact that the gray wolf has recovered well past its recovery goal,” Tiffany said. “Saying otherwise undermines the purpose of the Endangered Species Act. This is a true recovery success story, and it’s past time to give states the reins to control their wolf populations.” Boebert agreed.
“The gray wolf is fully recovered, should remain delisted in the lower 48 states, and states should determine how to manage their local gray wolf populations,” she said. “For too long, farmers and ranchers have been powerless to defend their livestock from gray wolf attacks. The Trust the Science Act empowers states and puts people ahead of violent predators.”
The Trust the Science Act requires the Secretary of Interior to reissue the 2020 Department of the Interior final rule that delisted gray wolves in the lower 48 United States and ensures that the reissuance of the final rule will not be subject to judicial review by judges.
A California judge vacated the rule in 2020 and unilaterally relisted the gray wolf by judicial fiat.
“Wisconsin farmers should not be subject to the judicial whims of a judge hundreds of miles away,” Wisconsin Farm Bureau President Kevin Krentz said. “It’s time Wisconsin is allowed to take full control of the management of the state’s top predator. The science is proven. Wisconsin’s wolves have been recovered, and it’s time for the management phase of this Endangered Species Act success story.” In 2020, the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service delisted the gray wolf in the lower 48 United States. At more than 6,000 wolves at the time of delisting, the gray wolf has significant populations in the Rocky Mountains and western Great Lakes regions.
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