The Comment by Noelle Cremers, her first statement that the listing is based on flimsy evidence. goes on to say The listing process was triggered by a single wolf crossing the Oregon border in 2011…. She seems to forget that there is a small Pack of Wolves claimed to be residing by Mt Shasta… second she goes on to talk about California Ignoring Wolf Numbers outside of California??? California doesnt care how many Wolves reside in other states… they only care about what resides or doesnt yet reside within its borders…. Where is it that this Noelle got her education… With there being so few in California is the Reason that they were placed on an Endangered species list…. Someone may want to give this Noelle person a heads up that the Endangered list within California only has to do with California….
February 1, 2017 – By Noelle Cremers – With no fanfare, a decision to list the gray wolf as an endangered species under the California Endangered Species Act took effect on Jan. 1. This listing decision by the California Fish and Game Commission was made in 2014 over the strenuous opposition of Farm Bureau, the California Cattlemen’s Association and the California Wool Growers Association—and despite a Department of Fish and Wildlife recommendation to the contrary.
Nonetheless, the commission added gray wolves as an endangered species with a 3-1 vote. The action took two and a half years to be codified in state regulations, which now provides the opportunity to challenge the legality of the listing.
And challenge it, we will she says.
The Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of Farm Bureau and CCA. The lawsuit challenges the gray wolf listing as illegal on three grounds:
The listing is based on flimsy evidence. The listing process was triggered by a single wolf crossing the Oregon border in 2011—and that wolf has since wandered out of California. Never before has a listing been initiated by a single animal’s occasional wanderings into the state.
The commission ignored the number of gray wolves outside of California. It only looked at wolf numbers in California, ignoring healthy wolf populations in neighboring states. In fact, the wolf’s overall status has improved to the point that the federal government has proposed removing the species from its own “endangered” list.
The gray wolf is not covered by the law. The jurisdiction of the California ESA is limited to native species and subspecies. But the gray wolves addressed by this listing are originally from Canada; they represent a subspecies that was never historically present in California.
Source: California Farm Bureau Federation Comment: Lawsuit Challenges State Protection of Gray Wolves