Over 45 years after the gray wolf was listed on the Endangered Species Act, it’s been removed.
The Trump administration announced the delisting of the wolf with help from conservationists. Since the wolf was taken off the list, the U.S. Fish ad Wildlife Service will have to keep an eye on gray wolves for the next five years to make sure everything’s good with the species population. The decision to remove the wolf from the list came after officials took a look at scientific data available. They also looked at the track records of each state, along with the tribes that try to manage healthy wolf populations. In the lower 48 states, we have over 6,000 wolves roaming the United States, which is higher than the original goal laid out in the beginning.
This will become a final rule 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.
