Wolves need our help to restore Endangered Species Act protections in the Northern Rockies: [link removed]

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Dear Friend,

The gray wolf species in the Northern Rockies has faced its most severe threat in a century.

While an Earthjustice lawsuit recently restored protections for wolves in 44 states, due to a series of administrative and legislative maneuvers over the past decade, wolves remain unprotected in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and portions of several adjacent states. We are calling for federal Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in the Northern Rockies. [[link removed] ]

In Montana alone, more than 240 wolves have been killed statewide since the hunting and trapping seasons opened in the fall. In Idaho, data shows that over 310 wolves were killed statewide from the start of the season in the fall through the beginning of February, but many more have likely been killed since.

It is time to reinstate federal Endangered Species Act protections for the Northern Rockies’ gray wolves who have suffered too long under hostile state management. These impacts have been exacerbated by aggressive wolf-killing legislation passed last year in Montana and Idaho. These new laws aggressively expand how, when, and where wolves can be trapped, snared, and killed regardless of consequences to wolves and other species. In Idaho, we have filed suit on behalf of thirteen conservation groups to fight back against the expansive wolf trapping that also captures, injures, and kills federally protected grizzly bears and Canada lynx.

The erosion of this keystone species is detrimental to ecosystem health. They sit at the top of the food chain and make sure that populations of their prey (and their prey’s prey) remain at healthy levels. When wolves were driven to near extinction, negative side effects cascaded down the food chain, upsetting delicate ecological balances. During a biodiversity crisis, wolves are a necessary keystone species whose presence helps the entire ecosystem.

Interior Secretary Haaland recently wrote about the importance of wolf recovery efforts, so we need your help to urge her to put these words into action and relist gray wolves in the Northern Rockies with federal protections now! [[link removed] ]

Sincerely,
Emily Qiu
Associate Attorney

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