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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Scientists Call on Obama Administration to Keep Gray Wolves Protected Under Endangered Species Act
In two sharply worded letters sent to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell
today, prominent scientists argued for continued protections for gray
wolves across the lower 48 states and criticized a draft federal
proposal to remove those protections for being premature and failing to
follow the best available science. One of the letters came from the American Society of Mammalogists, the other from 16 prominent biologists. “The science simply doesn’t support removal of protections for
wolves,” said Dr. Brad Bergstrom with the American Society of
Mammalogists. “Wolves are altogether absent or barely beginning to
recover in large swathes of the country that still contain excellent
habitat.” Signatories to the letter include several scientists who conducted
research that’s relied on by the government in its draft proposed rule.
Those scientists are now criticizing the agency for misrepresenting
their work, stating: “Collectively, we represent many of the scientists
responsible for the research referenced in the draft rule,” and “We do
not believe that the rule reflects the conclusions of our work or the
best available science concerning the recovery of wolves.”...more
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