Judge puts wolves back on Endangered Species List, AFBF & NCBA disappointed

Judge puts wolves back on Endangered Species List, AFBF & NCBA disappointed

A California judge has again placed wolves on the Endangered Species List.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White vacated and remanded a previous court decision from November 3rd, 2020 that removed the gray wolf from protections.

Judge White also agreed with the environmental groups in saying the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service improperly relied on inadequate and outdated state plans for wolf management when deciding to remove protections for wolves in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin saying the state plans are not sufficiently protective.