[Jenni6277]

EDIT.

Good news for the wolves in Montana and Idaho!!!

Wolves back on the endangered species list

August 2010

A federal court ruled in favor of NRDC and other conservation groups and restored endangered species protection to wolves in Montana and Idaho. After the Obama Administration stripped wolves of their protection in 2009, more than 500 were gunned down by hunters or government agents. In response, NRDC immediately went to court and sued the government to restore endangered species protection for all wolves across the Northern Rockies. The judge’s ruling effectively puts a halt to the wolf hunts that were planned for this fall.







More about Yellowstone/Greater Rockies

"Stretching from New Mexico north into Canada, the pine-covered ridges, vast grasslands and sprawling canyons, badlands, forests and sagebrush steppes of the Rocky Mountains contain vital habitat for animals including wolves, grizzly bears, pronghorn, elk and buffalo.

The Bush administration worked hard to open as much of this public land as possible to the oil and gas industry, which now holds leases on more than 25 million acres in the Rocky Mountain states of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Energy development -- along with its heavily polluting rigs, truck traffic and pumping stations -- has already taken a toll on western wildlife: big-game herds are declining, and several species are on the verge of being endangered.

Incoming Interior Secretary Salazar must act fast: tell him to reverse the Bush-Cheney policy of putting polluters first, and ask him to protect the outstanding wildlands of the Rocky Mountain West from destructive oil and gas exploration."








UPDATE:

ADOPT A WOLF IN YELLOWSTONE

Even though we've won back their endangered species protection, wolves in Greater Yellowstone and across the Northern Rockies are once again facing state plans to kill them on a mass scale. Under Idaho's proposed plan, hundreds of wolves could be shot and wolf pups gassed in their dens.

Your gift will help us come to their defense and fight for a recovery plan that ensures wolves have a healthy future in the Northern Rockies.

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[MarsiankaAnnet]

Yes, I sent a message

[SoulSearcher]

I´m spreading the word.

[sonicvision]

Letter sent! Bumping to get more to send letters.

[ChildOfAristotle]

I´m spreading the word.

Nice...I really like that!

[Jeanna]

I've sent a letter, too.

[Nabucodonosor]

Hmmmmm

ok I will

(check my signature Gadina. please)

[pasiphae9]

I don't tend to pay much attention to the enviromental side of the band because of my views on global warming, but this is a cause I wholeheartedly support. So I sent a letter.

[ElsaC]

Why not take the oportunity and take a look at this:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/579425122.

My appreciation to Mrs. Palin

[Jenni6277]

(check my signature Gadina. please)

Why not take the oportunity and take a look at this:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/579425122.

My appreciation to Mrs. Palin

Signed!

[finrod.hoc]

I went ahead and signed this because I think the wolf has such an iconic presence in the american west and I want it to remain that way. I also signed the polar bear/arctic issue as well.

[pasiphae9]

Why not take the oportunity and take a look at this:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/579425122.

My appreciation to Mrs. Palin

Signed that too.

[J30STM]

Signed for Wolves and Bears, if animals fade away mankind will soon follow..

[Sanna/Swe]

Of course I sent a letter.
Wolfes have always been in my heart.
Some people have a very strange picture of wolfes, that they are very dangerous for humans and etc
But comon...thats so old belief . They do not jump out from the forrest and eat up small redwearing girls who is walking to thiers grandmas....(wich some people I know think they do )

I have some old friends who think people should shoot all wolf, because they dont think the wolfes have any purpose and because they only see the bad things that they can/have done. Like kill dogs and eat up peoples sheeps....I know thats not fun. But really, the solution of that problem is to keep thier animals/pets safe. Not kill the wolf!

[SoulSearcher]

Lost an F somewhere. New version (with logo).


Thanks for the great response.

[finrod.hoc]

Very nicely done. I like it Soulsearcher!!

[Jenni6277]

Of course I sent a letter.
Wolfes have always been in my heart.
Some people have a very strange picture of wolfes, that they are very dangerous for humans and etc
But comon...thats so old belief . They do not jump out from the forrest and eat up small redwearing girls who is walking to thiers grandmas....(wich some people I know think they do )

I have some old friends who think people should shoot all wolf, because they dont think the wolfes have any purpose and because they only see the bad things that they can/have done. Like kill dogs and eat up peoples sheeps....I know thats not fun. But really, the solution of that problem is to keep thier animals/pets safe. Not kill the wolf!

It's the same thing here. We have about 200 wolves in Finland and some people say it's too much. The problem here is that the packs are centered in Eastern- and Center-Finland, so they don't have so much space and people are scared 'cuz they come too close. I think it's up to people to keep their pets safe. Wolves are only killing for food and unfortunately dogs are easy pray for them. I have never heard that a wolf has attacked a person and it's just stupid to stir up the panic.

I have always loved wolves. They are very smart and loving species. Even smarter than humans, I think. Everytime I watch a document about wolves I cry and I would die of happiness to see one in the wild some day.

edit. Check out this video!

[ChildOfAristotle]

The wolves of the northern Rockies have been kicked off the endangered species list. NRDC is going to court.

"In 1930, a federal officer shot what was believed to be the last wolf in Yellowstone National Park. Thanks to the Endangered Species Act and an ambitious reintroduction program, some 1,500 wolves have returned to the northern Rockies, and the howling wolf is once again the icon of western wilderness.

But recently, Interior Secretary Salazar rubber-stamped a Bush-era plan to kick the wolves of the northern Rockies off the endangered species list and leave them vulnerable to mass killing. More than 600 wolves wolves could be caught in the crossfire of state-sponsored wolf hunts. NRDC is filing suit in federal court to block this disastrous policy. It’s a fight we’ve won before. In the summer of 2008, NRDC and 11 other conservation groups compelled the Bush administration to abandon its first attempt to strip wolves of their protection when we made the case that the wolves had not fully recovered. Over this past year, the wolf population of Yellowstone National Park declined 27 percent -- and more than 70% of wolf pups in the park died of disease. NRDC will be fighting in federal court to compel Secretary Salazar to withdraw this disastrous plan and submit it to the kind of rigorous scientific review that the Obama administration has championed on other issues."

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More about Yellowstone/Greater Rockies

"Stretching from New Mexico north into Canada, the pine-covered ridges, vast grasslands and sprawling canyons, badlands, forests and sagebrush steppes of the Rocky Mountains contain vital habitat for animals including wolves, grizzly bears, pronghorn, elk and buffalo.

The Bush administration worked hard to open as much of this public land as possible to the oil and gas industry, which now holds leases on more than 25 million acres in the Rocky Mountain states of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Energy development -- along with its heavily polluting rigs, truck traffic and pumping stations -- has already taken a toll on western wildlife: big-game herds are declining, and several species are on the verge of being endangered.

Incoming Interior Secretary Salazar must act fast: tell him to reverse the Bush-Cheney policy of putting polluters first, and ask him to protect the outstanding wildlands of the Rocky Mountain West from destructive oil and gas exploration."

After sending the message through sigining up, I also Twittered. There is a freature on the same page so you too can inform other people! YEA!

[GhettoKameleon]

Has anyone asked the simplest of questions here? At what point does an animal go onto the endangered species list? And at what point does it leave the list? How are any of you sure that the wolf no longer meets those specifications? Perhaps removing them is the proper legal thing to do, regardless of emotion.

[Jenni6277]

Has anyone asked the simplest of questions here? At what point does an animal go onto the endangered species list? And at what point does it leave the list? How are any of you sure that the wolf no longer meets those specifications? Perhaps removing them is the proper legal thing to do, regardless of emotion.

Good questions.

This tells why Gray Wolf is in the list and at the end is said that it might be taken off that list: http://www.earthsendangered.com/profile.as...ID=9&sp=937

Western gray wolves coming off endangered list, Estimated 1,500 animals now roam Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, updated 6:28 p.m. ET Feb. 27, 2008

March 6, 2009 2:44 PM, Salazar Approves Removing Gray Wolves From Endangered Species List


This is the letter that NRDC is asking us to send to Secretary Ken salazar:

"I am dismayed that your department has approved the Bush administration's plan to take gray wolves off the endangered species list, leaving them vulnerable to mass killing. In doing so, you have abandoned the Obama administration's pledge to follow a science-based approach to wildlife management.

According to a letter signed by some 230 scientists, a severe reduction in current wolf numbers would dramatically increase the threat of extinction for a gray wolf population that is still recovering. In the past year alone, Yellowstone National Park's wolf population declined 27 percent -- and more than 70% of wolf pups in the park died of disease. This is absolutely the wrong time to strip wolves of the federal protection they so desperately need

If wolf management is handed back to the states, more than 600 wolves could be caught in the crossfire -- and the killing could begin in just a few weeks. If Idaho is allowed to proceed with its plans to remove entire wolf packs from certain areas, the results will be devastating -- not just to the wolves, but to regional ecosystems.

Wolves once thrived in much of the lower 48 states. Today, they reside in only five percent of their former range. If there is one place in this country where they should be allowed to flourish, it is in and around Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, and the remote Selway Bitterroot ecosystem in central Idaho.

I urge you to withdraw this Bush-era plan and submit it to the kind of rigorous scientific review the Obama administration has championed on other environmental issues.

The wolves of the northern Rockies are world-renowned as living icons of the American West. Please listen to the American people and develop a sound wolf recovery plan that ensures a healthy future for these magnificent creatures."