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farms-ranches-gop
FIRST ON FOX: A group of 20 House Republicans is urging the Biden
administration to roll back protections for the gray wolf, pointing to the
species' growing population size and conflicts with ranchers and farmers.
The GOP coalition, led by Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., argued in a letter to
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams that the
gray wolf no longer needed to be listed under the Endangered Species Act.
He wrote that "protection merely for the sake of protection" is not the
purpose of the law. Instead, he encouraged the agency to focus its efforts
on protecting species in danger of extinction.
"The substantial growth in the population of gray wolves throughout Oregon
and the western United States poses significant challenges for ranchers,
farmers, and outdoorsmen alike," Bentz, who chairs the House Natural
Resources Committee's Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee, told
Fox News Digital in a statement.
"It's imperative that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service promptly act to
delist the gray wolf so that those in the western United States who are
burdened by the reintroduction of an admittedly recovered apex predator
species can protect themselves."
BIDEN ADMIN ACCELERATES PLAN TO UNLEASH GRIZZLY BEARS NEAR RURAL COMMUNITY
OVER WIDESPREAD LOCAL OPPOSITION
Bentz and his 19 fellow Republicans said the resurgence of the gray wolf
population should be touted as a success story of the Endangered Species
Act. They argued that removing the federal protections would allow western
states to pursue their own protections.
And they emphasized that without a FWS rule delisting the species, the
growing population of wolves would create significant, and sometimes life-
threatening, conflicts for Americans. Under the Endangered Species Act,
killing listed animals can be punishable by heavy fines and even jail
time.
BIDEN ADMIN BACKS OFF PROTECTIONS FOR APEX PREDATOR, ANGERING
ENVIRONMENTALISTS
"Unsurprisingly, the substantial growth in gray wolf populations has led
to increased conflict between wolves and people," the letter reads. "The
impact of gray wolves on livestock herds is not, and cannot, be limited to
just depredation. Wolves inflict much greater damage to herds than can be
measured by simply counting carcasses.
"Wolves have an immense psychological impact on livestock herds that does
result in losses for producers. These losses can manifest as 鷔tress,
sickness, and reduced weight gain and pregnancy rates when wolves scare,
chase or attack livestock.�Too often ranchers are put in the impossible
situation of choosing between obeying the law and protecting their
livelihoods."
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The letter concluded by stating that ranchers "must be able to protect
their livestock" and should not "be hamstrung by unnecessary regulations
that over-protect a species that is thriving.
In 2020, the Trump administration agreed that gray wolves had fully
recovered and, as such, delisted them as "endangered." Then-Interior
Secretary David Bernhardt said at the time that the species was neither
threatened nor endangered, based on the provisions of the Endangered
Species Act.
In early 2022, though, a federal district court reinstated the Endangered
Species Act protections in the lower 48 states.
And, in a separate but related decision last month, the FWS declined to
list the gray wolf in the Northern Rocky Mountains' ecosystem over
objections from environmentalists. Bentz and the other GOP lawmakers said
that decision means the species should be delisted across the country.
Calls placed to the FWS were not returned at press time.
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