IN WAKE OF ACTIVIST DISTRICT COURT RULING SHORTENING WOLF TRAPPING SEASON, DAINES SENDS LETTER TO BIDEN ADMIN REQUESTING EXPEDITED REVIEW OF GRIZZLY BEAR DELISTING

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"Allowing serial litigants to continue to use the listing of grizzlies under the ESA to block everything from wolf management to forest management is irresponsible and hurts our Montana way of life. It's past time to allow the state of Montana to use common sense to manage our wildlife populations."

The litigation uses the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the current listed status of grizzly bears as a wedge to block the state from implementing science-based wolf trapping regulations. This weaponization of the ESA is not serving the intended end of recovering species, but rather alienates state and local partners who are best positioned to make positive gains for wildlife.

The evidence shows that Montana's wolf trapping regulations are carefully crafted to protect grizzlies, which only reinforces that the state is ready and able to handle the management of both species," Daines continued.

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