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| https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-applauds-delisting-gray-wolf | Greg Walden Applauds Delisting of the Gray Wolf | 2020-10-29 | 2020 | 2020-10 | Republican | Senate | OR | Greg Walden | W000791 | walden.house.gov | legacy | Today, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) releaseda statement after the U.S. Department of Interior announced the official delisting of thegraywolf from the Endangered SpeciesListbased on clear evidence that the wolves' numbersare healthy and stablefollowing decades of successful protection.This change will provide much-needed relief for ranchersby enabling themto preventlivestockfrom beingtargeted bywolf packs.Today's announcement comes shortlyafter Walden personally called theOffice of Management and Budget to urge that the rule be finalized. Oregon's wolf populationgrewover15percentlast year,andmeanwhile, wolves continue to kill livestock in the area under federal management, with little recourse forlocalranchers.Today'saction by the Trump Administration to officially delist thegraywolf from the Endangered SpeciesListislong overdue. This movewill allow our state wildlife officials to manage the wolves more effectively by allowing for a single management plan under local control,said Walden. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recognized the recovery ofthe gray wolfandfirstproposed delisting itin 2013 under the ObamaAdministration, butlitigation by outside groupsbrought the process to a crawl.Walden hasbeen a longtime advocate forreturning authority for protecting and managing gray wolves to individual states.In 2016, the House passedWalden'splan to remove the gray wolffrom the Endangered Species list. Before today'sannouncement, management of wolves in Oregonwasdividedalongarbitrary linesthat leftwolves in the eastern third of the state underOregon statemanagement, while the remainderweremanaged under the federal Endangered Species Act.Now, all wolves in Oregon will be managedby the State of Oregon,which will ensure that the wolf population remains at a healthy leveland that livestockare protected. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |