Help Protect The Grey Wolves !
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The Gray Wolf Needs Your Help: This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) announced a 30-day public comment period in its newest attempt to remove the Northern Rockies gray wolf from the endangered species list. The latest attempt to delist the gray wolf appears to be on a fast track in order for the final delisting rule to be completed before the end of the Bush administration.
Dear U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service,
I am concerned about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's newest proposal to delist the gray wolf from the endangered species list.
The proposal addresses wolves in a piecemeal fashion as three distinct populations rather than as a metapopulation in the northern Rockies. It segments wolves based on political state lines rather than biological or habitat lines, proposing to remove wolves from federal protection in Idaho and Montana but not in Wyoming.
FWS should not propose to delist wolves from the endangered species list until Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have wolf management plans that will allow wolf populations to grow. Instead, the three states have aggressive management plans that do not commit to managing wolves above minimum levels. In Wyoming, wolves are classified as predators in nearly 90 percent of the state and can be shot on sight. This could mean a dramatic reduction in wolf numbers.
These aggressive management plans that could reduce wolf populations below current levels are problematic because scientists say that the long-term genetic viability of wolves in the northern Rockies could be in jeopardy. FWS's answer to this is to translocate wolves or use other means, such as artificial insemination, to increase genetic diversity among northern Rocky wolves. If FWS has to artificially manufacture genetic diversity in a population in order to ensure that species' survival, I think it's too early to remove federal protection.
I would urge FWS to slow down and evaluate whether this is the appropriate time to delist the gray wolf.
Sincerely,
*Gray Wolf photo courtesy of Larry Allan, 2006
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Dear U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service,
I am concerned about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's newest proposal to delist the gray wolf from the endangered species list.
The proposal addresses wolves in a piecemeal fashion as three distinct populations rather than as a metapopulation in the northern Rockies. It segments wolves based on political state lines rather than biological or habitat lines, proposing to remove wolves from federal protection in Idaho and Montana but not in Wyoming.
FWS should not propose to delist wolves from the endangered species list until Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have wolf management plans that will allow wolf populations to grow. Instead, the three states have aggressive management plans that do not commit to managing wolves above minimum levels. In Wyoming, wolves are classified as predators in nearly 90 percent of the state and can be shot on sight. This could mean a dramatic reduction in wolf numbers.
These aggressive management plans that could reduce wolf populations below current levels are problematic because scientists say that the long-term genetic viability of wolves in the northern Rockies could be in jeopardy. FWS's answer to this is to translocate wolves or use other means, such as artificial insemination, to increase genetic diversity among northern Rocky wolves. If FWS has to artificially manufacture genetic diversity in a population in order to ensure that species' survival, I think it's too early to remove federal protection.
I would urge FWS to slow down and evaluate whether this is the appropriate time to delist the gray wolf.
Sincerely,
*Gray Wolf photo courtesy of Larry Allan, 2006
For More Information : https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/SPageServer?pagename=NAT_WolfESA&JServSessionIdr001=lnwx3mxj12.app24a
The Gray Wolf Needs Your Help: This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) announced a 30-day public comment period in its newest attempt to remove the Northern Rockies gray wolf from the endangered species list. The latest attempt to delist the gray wolf appears to be on a fast track in order for the final delisting rule to be completed before the end of the Bush administration.
Dear U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service,
I am concerned about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's newest proposal to delist the gray wolf from the endangered species list.
The proposal addresses wolves in a piecemeal fashion as three distinct populations rather than as a metapopulation in the northern Rockies. It segments wolves based on political state lines rather than biological or habitat lines, proposing to remove wolves from federal protection in Idaho and Montana but not in Wyoming.
FWS should not propose to delist wolves from the endangered species list until Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have wolf management plans that will allow wolf populations to grow. Instead, the three states have aggressive management plans that do not commit to managing wolves above minimum levels. In Wyoming, wolves are classified as predators in nearly 90 percent of the state and can be shot on sight. This could mean a dramatic reduction in wolf numbers.
These aggressive management plans that could reduce wolf populations below current levels are problematic because scientists say that the long-term genetic viability of wolves in the northern Rockies could be in jeopardy. FWS's answer to this is to translocate wolves or use other means, such as artificial insemination, to increase genetic diversity among northern Rocky wolves. If FWS has to artificially manufacture genetic diversity in a population in order to ensure that species' survival, I think it's too early to remove federal protection.
I would urge FWS to slow down and evaluate whether this is the appropriate time to delist the gray wolf.
Sincerely,
*Gray Wolf photo courtesy of Larry Allan, 2006
For More Information : https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/SPageServer?pagename=NAT_WolfESA&JServSessionIdr001=lnwx3mxj12.app24a
Dear U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service,
I am concerned about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's newest proposal to delist the gray wolf from the endangered species list.
The proposal addresses wolves in a piecemeal fashion as three distinct populations rather than as a metapopulation in the northern Rockies. It segments wolves based on political state lines rather than biological or habitat lines, proposing to remove wolves from federal protection in Idaho and Montana but not in Wyoming.
FWS should not propose to delist wolves from the endangered species list until Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have wolf management plans that will allow wolf populations to grow. Instead, the three states have aggressive management plans that do not commit to managing wolves above minimum levels. In Wyoming, wolves are classified as predators in nearly 90 percent of the state and can be shot on sight. This could mean a dramatic reduction in wolf numbers.
These aggressive management plans that could reduce wolf populations below current levels are problematic because scientists say that the long-term genetic viability of wolves in the northern Rockies could be in jeopardy. FWS's answer to this is to translocate wolves or use other means, such as artificial insemination, to increase genetic diversity among northern Rocky wolves. If FWS has to artificially manufacture genetic diversity in a population in order to ensure that species' survival, I think it's too early to remove federal protection.
I would urge FWS to slow down and evaluate whether this is the appropriate time to delist the gray wolf.
Sincerely,
*Gray Wolf photo courtesy of Larry Allan, 2006
For More Information : https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/SPageServer?pagename=NAT_WolfESA&JServSessionIdr001=lnwx3mxj12.app24a
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Name not displayed, Texas
save the wolf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
save the wolf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# 421:
8:44 pm PDT, Apr 13,
Bernadettte Przybyl, New York
please save them and put hem on thendager speis act
please save them and put hem on thendager speis act
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# 405:
11:42 am PST, Feb 22,
Claudia Tapia Guerrero, Mexico
Wolves are sacred!
Wolves are sacred!
# 404:
7:50 pm PST, Feb 16,
Misha Turner, Georgia
# 403:
7:44 am PST, Feb 16,
Jasmine Gould, United Kingdom
Wolves are a keystone species, without which there can be no species diversity - species diversity is directly related to a healthy eco-system - stop killing the wolves!
Wolves are a keystone species, without which there can be no species diversity - species diversity is directly related to a healthy eco-system - stop killing the wolves!
# 402:
9:35 am PST, Feb 15,
Charmaine Dauterman, Washington
# 401:
6:30 am PST, Feb 15,
Haviland R Gordineer, Tennessee
They need to be protected. There seems to be be a movement it our world to kill all that is wild and free. Usually there is money, greed behind it.. There is no spirit or glory in the things that money can buy. End commercial grazing on Our public lands. It would serve to solve not only the problems for our wolves but other wild life also.
They need to be protected. There seems to be be a movement it our world to kill all that is wild and free. Usually there is money, greed behind it.. There is no spirit or glory in the things that money can buy. End commercial grazing on Our public lands. It would serve to solve not only the problems for our wolves but other wild life also.
