{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=687543aa-6f5a-404b-8c00-0ff0e3fb1768", "Heitkamp Announces National Wolf Delisting Proposal", "2013-06-07", "2013", "2013-06", "Democrat", "House", "ND", "Heidi Heitkamp", "H001069", "www.heitkamp.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Contact: Whitney Phillips, 202.224.2043 \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\u00a0\r\nHeitkamp Announces National Wolf Delisting Proposal \r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp  announced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acquiesced to her concerns to  remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened and endangered species. The  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will open a 90-day comment period on the proposal  to seek additional scientific, commercial and technical information from the  public and other interested parties. Senator Heitkamp led a letter in March  supporting the nationwide delisting of wolves.\r\n\u201cThe comment period is a step in the right direction towards  removing the gray wolf from the Endangered Species list,\u201d said Heitkamp. \u201cThe  bottom line is wolves are no longer endangered, therefore they do not warrant  federal protections. State wildlife officials have their hands tied anytime  wolves are involved and by delisting wolves we will lift the federal burden of  a bureaucratic system that doesn\u2019t work for our states.\u00a0 Wolf management  decisions should be made at the state, not the federal level.\u201d\r\nAbsent the delisting of the species, land managers and  property owners are handcuffed in their ability to encourage healthy wildlife  populations and care for livestock herds.\r\nThe proposal comes after a comprehensive review confirmed  its successful recovery following management actions undertaken by federal,  state and local partners following the wolf\u2019s listing under the Endangered  Species Act over three decades ago.\u00a0 Under the proposed delisting, the  Service would maintain protection and expand recovery efforts for the Mexican  wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) in the Southwest, where it remains endangered.\r\nA copy of the letter Heitkamp sent in March is attached.\r\n\u00a0\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=687543aa-6f5a-404b-8c00-0ff0e3fb1768"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9461343288421631, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}