Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Wolves in U.S. won't lose protections -- for now
The on-again, off-again protected status of wolves in the Lower 48
continues, as it appears that the expected de-listing of gray wolves in
the United States has been placed on indefinite hold. The Associated Press reported that the U.S. Fish and
Wildife Service indicated in filings in response to a lawsuit that the
removal of gray wolves from the endangered species list was not going to
happen soon, but the agency provided no further explanation. The status of the Mexican wolf, a separate species in Arizona and New
Mexico, remains unclear. A draft of the de-listing plan had called for
placing that population of animals on protected list. LA Times
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