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Originally Posted by RWebb
I noticed.
yes, it was done a budget rider and there are 3 or so law suits already filed over that; may well be dismissed
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The suits or the delisting?
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Originally Posted by RWebb
delisting by the Interior Department, was "overturned" by some federal judge who felt he was a better judge of what was legal or not - that just means DOI (FWS) has to do it over, correctly
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I only wish that were true. This was a pretty clear case of judicial activism, IMHO. All (previously agreed upon) population targets had been met, and the DOI followed established procedure when they delisted. It all boiled down to someone being unhappy about that and, in the finest American tradition, finding a sympathetic court.
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Originally Posted by RWebb
IIRC, wolves were managed as an experimental population, which gave more mgmt. flexibility than most listed species
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No local control over their management, however. That was always the rub. And, being such an emotional and political lightening rod, most of the "management" that did occur was in the courts. A real mess.