SALEM — A contentious proposal to uphold last year’s decision to remove the gray wolf from the state’s endangered species list has cleared one of its last major hurdles at the Oregon Legislature. House Bill 4040 passed out of committee on Tuesday in a 3-2 vote and now heads to the Senate, which will have the final say as to …
Oregon wolf delisting bill moves forward endangering ESA itself
BREAKING – More bad news for wolves. In a sickening slap in the face to citizens, scientists and a vast majority of callers and commenters, the Oregon Senate Committee just moved the contentious and furiously-fought state wolf-delisting bill forward. House Bill 4040, introduced (of course) by Republican wolf opponents catering to the increasingly reviled sport-hunting and livestock industries, had already …
Wolves under fire in Oregon
Some state legislators are attempting an end run around a legal challenge to the removal of the gray wolf from Oregon’s endangered species list. Late last year, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission removed the gray wolf from Oregon’s endangered species list, threatening the recovery of a species that had been hunted to extinction here in the early …
Guilty plea entered in wolf shooting | My Columbia Basin
This is not fitting for KILLING an animal on the ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST! Blow up that county’s phones with phone calls…. Evidently the 1 Prosecutor asked the other to be nice!! Stiff penalties may be imposed for violations of the Endangered Species Act. Criminal activities may be punished with fines up to $50,000 and/or one year imprisonment for crimes involving …