Friday, October 31, 2008

Wyoming proposes changes in its wolf plan Wyoming is revising its gray wolf management plan in hopes of placating concerns about providing enough protection for the animals, but environmentalists said the changes are inadequate because wolves can still be shot on sight in most of the state. The state's revisions include new wording to clarify its commitment to maintain at least 15 breeding pairs of wolves and 150 individual wolves in the state and new wording that further restricts the state's ability to change trophy game boundaries. By revising its management plan, Wyoming is trying to avoid being left out of a new attempt by the federal government to remove the gray wolf in the Northern Rockies from the endangered species list. But a representative of an environmental group advocating for the predator said the state's proposed changes are still not sufficient. "We do not feel that this plan goes far enough," Sierra Club representative Melanie Stein said....

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