Manage Wolves Locally
Your Comments Needed to De-List Wolves
Your help is needed to ensure that local wildlife biologists are allowed to responsibly manage Oregons wolf population. With much anticipated contention the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW) formally announced its proposal to remove the gray wolf from the Engendered Species Act (ESA) in the remaining lower 48 states, excluding the Mexican Gray Wolf. Without this action the gray wolf will remain on the ESA in the Northwest for many years to come even though the ESA specifically calls for states to manage wolf populations.
The USFW is required by law to accept public comments before they can make their final decision. This comment period will be open for 90 days. As expected large anti-hunting groups such as the Defenders of Wildlife and Center for Bio Diversity are feverishly urging people to submit comments in opposition of the proposal. We must counter their efforts! Take action now so we can prevent our already struggling deer and elk herds from ending up like those in Yellowstone National Park and Idaho areas like the Lolo zone.
Using this link please submit your comments in favor of the proposal; Regulations.gov
Feel free to copy and paste some of these important talking points;
As a hunter I support the proposal to delist the gray wolf in the lower 48 states. Hunters nationally contribute $38.3 billion annually, create 681,000 jobs and generate $11.8 billion in tax revenue. Without hunters there is no wildlife conservation or wildlife management let alone wolf management.
Wolves are thriving and are in conflict with livestock growers and wildlife populations. Each state has the right to manage wildlife within their borders and the ESA specifically calls for them to do so. We must allow for the flexible and direct management of wolves that only states can implement.
We should trust state wildlife biologists and agencies to manage wolf populations. They are closest to the issue, understand it best and know the best resources for successful management.
In Yellowstone National Park the beloved elk herd was at 16,791 at the time of the wolf reintroduction. By 2011 the herd had declined to only 4,635 as a direct result of predation from the wolf. Similar results have been documented in Idaho as well. Without state management of wolves elk, deer and moose populations will be decimated.
