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Wisconsin, Minnesota Congressmen introduce wolf management bill
Wisconsin’s newest Congressman has introduced legislation that would remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List.
7th District Republican Tom Tiffany, who replaced Sean Duffy after the spring special election tells Brownfield, “If you look at the bill, it does not allow judicial review and makes sure that the states would be in charge of wolf management, and we target it to the Great Lakes states here and Wyoming.”
Tiffany says the Managing Predators Act would remove ambiguity and prevent what he calls “corporate environmental groups” from using the courts to keep wolves on the Endangered Species List. “We put it in the statute that the wolf is delisted in these states, and management shall return to those states for managing the wolf population, and there shall not be judicial review.”
Tiffany tells Brownfield Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposes the bill, but he’s hoping for bipartisan support and expects both of Wisconsin’s Senators sign-on. “I’m really appreciative of Representative (Pete) Stauber from Duluth, who covers the arrowhead of Minnesota. He’s co-authoring the bill with me and we expect to see other support come forward.”
Tiffany says conservationists have called for removing wolves from the Endangered Species List, and states have shown they can manage the wolf populations. He tells Brownfield it’s time to remove the obstacles and delist them. “I kind of compare this to the (Eagles song) Hotel California with the Endangered Species Act, where a species can enter, but it can never leave, and that’s what’s happened with the wolf.”
