Last fall, the state Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4-2 to remove protections of the state Endangered Species Act for gray wolves. It was a flawed decision, and the state Legislature could make it worse. Oregon’s law requires that listing decisions be based on “documented and verifiable scientific information,” which would be defined “by a scientific peer review panel of …
Key committee approves Oregon wolf delisting
Wolves were correctly removed from Oregon’s list of endangered species, according to a key legislative committee. SALEM — The removal of wolves from Oregon’s list of endangered species has been approved by a key legislative committee, potentially jeopardizing a lawsuit that challenges the delisting. Last year, Oregon wildlife regulators found that wolves had sufficiently recovered to delist them under the …
Lawsuit Challenges Wildlife Services’ Authority to Kill Wolves in Oregon
Lawsuit Challenges Wildlife Services’ Authority to Kill Wolves in Oregon PORTLAND, Ore.— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the authority of the federal wildlife-killing program Wildlife Servicesto kill any of the approximately 81 remaining gray wolves in Oregon. The legal challenge, filed by the Western Environmental Law Center on behalf of four conservation groups, with Cascadia Wildlands representing itself, …
Now that’s a super pack
Cast a vote for conservation, with a visit to Tidewater’s White Wolf Sanctuary Story & photos by Gretchen Ammerman For the TODAY I’ve conducted interviews in the rain, on a train, even while in pain. But when interviewing Lois Tulleners at her 50-acre White Wolf Sanctuary, my attempts to maintain an air of professionalism came to a screeching halt when …