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Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Baldwin, Johnson introduce bill to lift protections for wolves
U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin are co-sponsors of legislation that would lift federal protections for gray wolves in the Midwest and Wyoming.
The other sponsors are John Barrasso and Mike Enzi of Wyoming and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota.
Similar legislation was introduced earlier this year in the U.S. House by Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy.
The aim of these lawmakers is to prevent courts from overruling a decision by the Interior Department to remove wolves in Wyoming, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan from the endangered species list...more
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